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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000585
Finger Lake Elementary
5981 Eek St, Wasilla, AK 99654 · (907) 864-2200 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Alaska public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
184 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
45.0%
AK avg 36.1% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
AK avg 34.6% . +13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 37.1% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Finger Lake Elementary
Finger Lake Elementary's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finger Lake Elementary this school | 445 | 41.3% | 45.8% |
| Pioneer Peak Elementary Palmer | 449 | 39.4% | 57.4% |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary Wasilla | 422 | 37.9% | 48.4% |
| Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Soldotna | 384 | 45.1% | 44.4% |
| DENA'INA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Wasilla | 396 | 46.0% | 45.8% |
| Ticasuk Brown Elementary Fairbanks | 351 | 40.2% | 29.9% |
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 Finger Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #54 of 134 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #43 of 150 ▲ 34 | #8 of 23 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #49 of 150 ▲ 29 | #11 of 23 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #11 of 169 | #6 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #73 of 125 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #90 of 125 | #14 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #74 of 142 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #10 of 15 | #4 of 7 |
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
445
+54 (+14%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 41% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 26.8 | 15.0:1 | 42% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 43% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 28 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 24.5 | 16.8:1 | 39% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 35% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 35% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 24% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Finger Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (412 to 445); teachers up 10% (24.5 to 27).
About Finger Lake Elementary
Students in Wasilla, Alaska, attend Finger Lake Elementary, a large elementary school. In all, 445 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 61% more students than the average for elementary schools in Alaska (about 277).
Finger Lake Elementary sits within Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, which has 49 schools and 19,495 students.
The student body at Finger Lake Elementary is 65% White. It is also 19% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 7% Native American. Matanuska-Susitna Borough's residents are about 77% White, 12 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Finger Lake Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 16.5:1 is based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Alaska have an average ratio of 15.3:1. In all, 41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Finger Lake Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Finger Lake Elementary is 6.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.8% versus 39.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.
In the surrounding county, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the median household earns about $94,031 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Finger Lake Elementary, Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 49 public schools.
The closest school to Finger Lake Elementary is Birchtree Charter School, located about 1.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Finger Lake Elementary. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Finger Lake Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 54 students, from 391 to 445. Students per teacher increased from 14.0 in 2020-21 to 16.5 in 2024-25.
The Finger Lake Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Wasilla
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCombined · 601 students
- Wasilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
Nearby schools
- Birchtree Charter School1.3 mi · 416
- Mat-Su Day School1.5 mi · 70
- Fronteras Charter School1.8 mi · 336
- Teeland Middle School1.9 mi · 643
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School1.9 mi · 705
- Knik Charter School2.0 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Finger Lake ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Finger Lake Elementary?
Finger Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Finger Lake Elementary serve?
Finger Lake Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Finger Lake Elementary have?
Finger Lake Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Finger Lake Elementary?
Student demographics at Finger Lake Elementary are roughly 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Is Finger Lake Elementary public or private?
Finger Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.