Glennallen Elementary

Set in Glennallen, Alaska, Glennallen Elementary is a small primary school, operated by Copper River School District. It educates 126 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Glennallen Elementary sits 55% below that benchmark.

Copper River School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 393 students; Glennallen Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Glennallen Elementary records that the largest single group is Native American, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 37% White, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at Glennallen Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Copper River Census Area runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Copper River Census Area indicate median household income runs about $79,250, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Glennallen Elementary is one of 6 public schools in Copper River Census Area (combined enrollment of about 419 students).

The closest other public school is Glennallen Jr/Sr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 3 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Glennallen Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 145 students in 2018 compared to 126 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 32% to 37%.

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