Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000078
Gladys Wood Elementary
7001 Cranberry St, Anchorage, AK 99502 · (907) 742-6760 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
203 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
31.0%
AK avg 36.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
-107 (-29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.1:1
% White
19%
was 36%
% Hispanic
9%
was 9%
% Black
6%
was 3%
% Asian
10%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gladys Wood Elementary
Located at 7001 Cranberry St, in Anchorage, Alaska, Gladys Wood Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community that educates 267 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Anchorage School District.
Gladys Wood Elementary is one of 92 schools operated by Anchorage School District, a district that hosts 40,587 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Gladys Wood Elementary lists that the most-represented group is multiracial (25%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 19% White, 18% Native American, 13% Pacific Islander, 10% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Gladys Wood Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Gladys Wood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.1%, the actual is 35.4%, a residual of +8.3 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Anchorage Municipality put the typical household earns roughly $103,284 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anchorage Municipality's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), Gladys Wood Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Sand Lake Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 29%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 19% across the same window.
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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
- Sand Lake Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- Dimond High School1.0 mi · 1,373
- Chinook Elementary1.1 mi · 365
- Campbell STEM Elementary1.2 mi · 323
- Kincaid Elementary1.2 mi · 322
- Northwood ABC1.4 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Gladys Wood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gladys Wood Elementary?
Gladys Wood Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Gladys Wood Elementary serve?
Gladys Wood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Gladys Wood Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Gladys Wood Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Gladys Wood Elementary?
Student demographics at Gladys Wood Elementary are roughly 19% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 25% Two or more.
Is Gladys Wood Elementary public or private?
Gladys Wood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.