Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000262
Denali Elementary
1042 Lathrop St, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 452-2456 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Alaska public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
173 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 17 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
AK avg 36.1% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
AK avg 34.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 26.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 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 Denali Elementary
Denali Elementary's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Elementary this school | 300 | 57.7% | 30.5% |
| Hunter Elementary Fairbanks | 332 | 65.1% | 18.9% |
| Tudor Elementary Anchorage | 303 | 46.9% | 26.1% |
| Kasuun Elementary Anchorage | 343 | 50.4% | 29.8% |
| College Gate Elementary Anchorage | 363 | 65.0% | 24.6% |
| Ocean View Elementary Anchorage | 285 | 44.9% | 51.0% |
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 Denali Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Fairbanks North Star Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #96 of 134 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #107 of 150 no change | #14 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #84 of 150 ▲ 22 | #9 of 18 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #78 of 169 | #14 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #77 of 125 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.8% | #28 of 125 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #45 of 142 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #76 of 115 | #9 of 13 |
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
300
+58 (+24%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
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 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 58% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 56% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 18.2 | 16.0:1 | 60% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 49% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | 56% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 51% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 36% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 24 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denali Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (345 to 300); teachers down 18% (22 to 18).
About Denali Elementary
Denali Elementary sits in Fairbanks, Alaska, and is classified as an elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 300 students.
The district, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, has 12,214 students enrolled across 34 schools.
At Denali Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 32%. The remaining shares are 23% multiracial, 18% Native American, 14% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Fairbanks North Star Borough as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Denali Elementary's diversity index is 79%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Denali Elementary was 16.7:1. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 58%. It compares with 33% for public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Denali Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of Alaska public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Denali Elementary is 2.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (30.5% versus 33.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.
Fairbanks North Star Borough census figures show that the median household income is $88,267, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Fairbanks North Star Borough is home to 39 public schools and about 23,777 public school students.
Nearby, Ryan Middle School is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Denali Elementary's average proficiency of 30.5% compares with 34.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment climbed 24% from its 2020-21 level of 242. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.1:1 to 16.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Denali Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fairbanks North Star Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,460
Census ACS
Median income
$88,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
23,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- North Pole High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- North Pole Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Other schools in Fairbanks
- Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)Combined · 7,876 students
- Raven SchoolCombined · 3,687 students
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Ryan Middle School0.5 mi · 463
- Barnette Magnet School0.6 mi · 417
- Lathrop High School0.6 mi · 788
- Golden Heart Academy0.7 mi · 13
- Hunter Elementary0.8 mi · 332
- Randy Smith Middle School1.0 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Denali ElementaryHow many students attend Denali Elementary?
Denali Elementary enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-05.
Is Denali Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Denali Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Denali Elementary have?
Denali Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Denali Elementary?
Denali Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 23% Two or more.
What district is Denali Elementary in?
Denali Elementary is part of Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
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