Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 194 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELTA/GREELY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020010000559
Delta Junction Elementary
2659 Nistler Rd, Delta Junction, AK 99737 · (907) 895-4696 · Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Alaska public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 85.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
115 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Delta/Greely School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.7%
AK avg 36.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 72.7% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Alaska's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Delta Junction Elementary
Delta Junction Elementary's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Junction Elementary this school | 306 | 37.6% | 63.8% |
| Butte Elementary Palmer | 263 | 38.4% | 53.1% |
| Midnight Sun Elementary School North Pole | 322 | 36.0% | 35.5% |
| Goose Bay Elementary Wasilla | 305 | 43.3% | N/A |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary Wasilla | 422 | 37.9% | 48.4% |
| Soldotna Elementary Soldotna | 266 | 44.0% | 46.9% |
Matched among Alaska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Delta Junction Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #9 of 134 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #6 of 150 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #20 of 150 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #73 of 169 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #31 of 125 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #115 of 125 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #88 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #60 of 115 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
+34 (+13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 306 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 38% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 29% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 35% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 21.5 | 17.5:1 | 37% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 43% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 37% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 15 | 22.9:1 | 52% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta Junction Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (377 to 306); teachers down 2% (21.5 to 21).
About Delta Junction Elementary
Delta Junction Elementary, located in Delta Junction, Alaska, is a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 306 students.
Delta/Greely School District includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 971 students.
At Delta Junction Elementary, White students make up 75% of the student body. After that, the student body is 11% multiracial and 10% Hispanic. For comparison, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area is about 74% White. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at Delta Junction Elementary and a ratio of 14.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 38% of enrollment. That is lower than the 55% average for public schools in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area.
Delta Junction Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Alaska public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Delta Junction Elementary is in the top 10% of Alaska schools: 63.8% actual against 40.4% predicted.
Census estimates describe Southeast Fairbanks Census Area this way: the median household income is $73,882, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has 12 public schools and roughly 1,335 students.
Delta Junction Senior High School is the public school closest to Delta Junction Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are 3 other public schools within five miles.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Delta Junction Elementary's enrollment climbed from 272 in 2020-21 to 306 in 2024-25.
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Southeast Fairbanks Census Area at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,068
Census ACS
Median income
$73,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
1,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delta/Greely School District
- Alaska HomeschoolCombined · 378 students
- Delta Junction Junior High SchoolMiddle · 128 students
- Delta Junction Senior High SchoolHigh · 126 students
- Gerstle River SchoolCombined · 33 students
Other schools in Delta Junction
- Alaska HomeschoolCombined · 378 students
- Delta Junction Junior High SchoolMiddle · 128 students
- Delta Junction Senior High SchoolHigh · 126 students
- Gerstle River SchoolCombined · 33 students
Nearby schools
- Delta Junction Senior High School0.2 mi · 126
- Delta Junction Junior High School0.2 mi · 128
- Alaska Homeschool0.2 mi · 378
- Gerstle River School28.6 mi · 33
Frequently asked questions
About Delta Junction ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Delta Junction Elementary?
Delta Junction Elementary enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Delta Junction Elementary serve?
Delta Junction Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delta Junction Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delta Junction Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Delta Junction Elementary?
Student demographics at Delta Junction Elementary are roughly 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Delta Junction Elementary public or private?
Delta Junction Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Delta/Greely School District.
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