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.

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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