Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER KUSKOKWIM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020000100207
Gladys Jung Elementary
1007 Ron Edwards Memorial Dr, Bethel, AK 99559 · (907) 543-4440 · Bethel Census Area
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Alaska public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
255 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 84 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 23% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Gladys Jung Elementary→Bethel Regional High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lower Kuskokwim School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
8.7%
AK avg 36.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
8.4%
AK avg 34.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.7% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | 7.0% | 5.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gladys Jung Elementary
Gladys Jung Elementary's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladys Jung Elementary this school | 309 | 82.5% | 9.8% |
| June Nelson Elementary Kotzebue | 302 | 83.1% | 9.6% |
| Alaska Native Cultural Charter School Anchorage | 357 | 85.2% | 22.4% |
| Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat Bethel | 261 | 72.4% | N/A |
| Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Bethel | 203 | 75.4% | 10.9% |
| Nome Elementary Nome | 306 | 99.0% | 26.5% |
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 Gladys Jung Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Bethel Census Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #133 of 134 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #146 of 150 ▲ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #146 of 150 ▲ 3 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #70 of 169 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #68 of 125 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #124 of 125 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #21 of 142 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #91 of 115 | N/A |
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
309
-35 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 83% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 86% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 88% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 23 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 22.1 | 15.4:1 | 86% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 83% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 47% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 36% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gladys Jung Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (341 to 309); teachers down 14% (22.1 to 19).
About Gladys Jung Elementary
Gladys Jung Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Lower Kuskokwim School District, located in Bethel, Alaska. It reports enrollment of 309 students in grades 3 through 6.
Lower Kuskokwim School District is responsible for 29 schools, Gladys Jung Elementary included, with 3,866 students in all.
Native American students are 91% of those enrolled at Gladys Jung Elementary. The remaining shares are 6% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
On staff are 19 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Alaska is 15.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 83% of students at Gladys Jung Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bethel Census Area is 94%.
Among Alaska public elementary schools, Gladys Jung Elementary outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations places Gladys Jung Elementary in the bottom 10% of Alaska schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.0 points below it (9.8% actual, 24.8% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bethel Census Area show that the median household earns about $73,996 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 22% of residents are in poverty. Across Bethel Census Area, 41 public schools serve about 4,697 students.
Gladys Jung Elementary's nearest public school is Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat (less than a tenth of a mile). There are 5 more public schools inside five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 309, down from 344 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.0:1 to 16.3:1.
The Gladys Jung Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bethel Census Area at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,394
Census ACS
Median income
$73,996
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
4,697 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lower Kuskokwim School District
- Bethel Regional High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Mikelnguut ElitnaurviatElementary · 261 students
- Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial SchoolCombined · 255 students
- Chief Paul Memorial SchoolCombined · 222 students
- Ayaprun ElitnaurvikElementary · 203 students
- Ayagina'ar ElitnaurvikCombined · 184 students
Other schools in Bethel
- Bethel Regional High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Mikelnguut ElitnaurviatElementary · 261 students
- Ayaprun ElitnaurvikElementary · 203 students
- Kuskokwim Learning AcademyHigh · 49 students
- Bethel Youth FacilityHigh · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat0.1 mi · 261
- Bethel Regional High School0.1 mi · 410
- Kuskokwim Learning Academy0.6 mi · 49
- Ayaprun Elitnaurvik1.3 mi · 203
- Bethel Youth Facility1.3 mi · 19
- Qugcuun Memorial School5.6 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About Gladys Jung ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gladys Jung Elementary?
Gladys Jung Elementary enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 03-06.
Is Gladys Jung Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gladys Jung Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
How many students per teacher at Gladys Jung Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Gladys Jung Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gladys Jung Elementary?
At Gladys Jung Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Gladys Jung Elementary public or private?
Gladys Jung Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lower Kuskokwim School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.