Finger Lake Elementary

Finger Lake Elementary is an elementary campus of well-populated scale in Wasilla, Alaska, part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, works with 445 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 277.

Across the 49 schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (19,495 students total), Finger Lake Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Finger Lake Elementary records that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 19% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Native American. By comparison, Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Finger Lake Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Finger Lake Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Finger Lake Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 45.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Matanuska-Susitna Borough shows median household income runs about $94,031, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), of which Finger Lake Elementary is one.

Birchtree Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Finger Lake Elementary.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 412 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 71% to 65% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Finger Lake Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.