Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000072
Denali Montessori Elementary
148 East Ninth Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501 · (907) 742-4500 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Alaska public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
14.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
267 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 200% larger than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
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AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
AK avg 36.1% . -14.5pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
AK avg 34.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 31.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Montessori Elementary
Denali Montessori Elementary's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Montessori Elementary this school | 361 | 74.0% | 42.6% |
| Hunter Elementary Fairbanks | 332 | 65.1% | 18.9% |
| Gladys Wood Elementary Anchorage | 267 | 76.0% | 35.4% |
| College Gate Elementary Anchorage | 363 | 65.0% | 24.6% |
| Nunaka Valley Elementary Anchorage | 193 | 71.0% | 28.2% |
| Northwood ABC Anchorage | 255 | 79.6% | 26.4% |
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 Montessori Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #64 of 134 | #27 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #106 of 150 ▼ 17 | #35 of 62 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #90 of 150 ▼ 59 | #34 of 62 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #38 of 169 | #18 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #38 of 125 | #12 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.1% | #32 of 125 | #28 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #27 of 142 | #20 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #71 of 115 | #37 of 53 |
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
361
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 361 | 24.2 | 14.9:1 | 74% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 23.8 | 15.9:1 | 72% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 24.7 | 14.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 27.1 | 15.7:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 34% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 24% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denali Montessori Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (426 to 361); teachers down 11% (27.1 to 24.2).
About Denali Montessori Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Denali Montessori Elementary serves students in Anchorage, Alaska. It has an enrollment of 361 students in pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Alaska, the average enrollment is about 277.
Enrollment across the 92 schools in Anchorage School District totals 40,587 students.
White students account for 39% of enrollment at Denali Montessori Elementary, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 21% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 9% Native American, and 8% Black. Among people living in Anchorage Municipality, the White share is about 57%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Denali Montessori Elementary scores 77%.
There are 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Alaska is similar, at 15.3:1. On the income side, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Anchorage Municipality is 49%.
Denali Montessori Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Alaska public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Denali Montessori Elementary is 14.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alaska schools.
The school is in Anchorage Municipality, where median household income comes to about $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anchorage Municipality counts 99 public schools with about 41,241 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Denali Montessori Elementary from the closest public school, Chugach Optional Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Denali Montessori Elementary's average proficiency of 42.6% compares with 38.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
From 385 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 361 by 2024-25.
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Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Nearby schools
- Chugach Optional Elementary0.4 mi · 275
- AKChoice K-12 Learning0.4 mi · 283
- Central Middle School of Science0.4 mi · 545
- Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview Elementary0.9 mi · 337
- Inlet View Elementary0.9 mi · 190
- North Star Elementary1.0 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Denali Montessori ElementaryHow many students attend Denali Montessori Elementary?
Denali Montessori Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Denali Montessori Elementary serve?
Denali Montessori Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Denali Montessori Elementary?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Denali Montessori Elementary.
How diverse is Denali Montessori Elementary?
Denali Montessori Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Denali Montessori Elementary?
Denali Montessori Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.