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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000504
Government Hill Elementary
525 Bluff Dr, Anchorage, AK 99501 · (907) 742-5000 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
157 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
38.0%
AK avg 36.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
AK avg 34.6% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 28.5% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Government Hill Elementary
Government Hill Elementary's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Hill Elementary this school | 424 | 37.0% | 41.1% |
| Arctic Light Elementary Fort Wainwright | 361 | 43.8% | 32.6% |
| Klatt Elementary Anchorage | 294 | 62.9% | 38.3% |
| Anderson Crawford Elementary Eielson AFB | 369 | 21.7% | 64.4% |
| Orion Elementary School JBER | 423 | 32.9% | 47.3% |
| Ursa Minor Elementary JBER | 294 | 37.8% | 44.1% |
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 Government Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #71 of 134 | #29 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #83 of 150 ▲ 17 | #27 of 62 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #77 of 150 ▼ 7 | #29 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #13 of 169 | #5 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #81 of 125 | #34 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #55 of 125 | #39 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #89 of 142 | #34 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #88 of 115 | #43 of 53 |
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
424
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
+145% since 1990-91, when it was 173
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 424 | 25.1 | 16.9:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 27.5 | 17.4:1 | 38% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 28.7 | 15.7:1 | 57% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 28.2 | 16.7:1 | 66% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 59% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 32% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 173 | 10 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Government Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (472 to 424); teachers down 11% (28.2 to 25.1).
About Government Hill Elementary
Students in Anchorage, Alaska, attend Government Hill Elementary, a large elementary school. Enrollment totals 424 students across pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 53% larger than the 277-student average for elementary schools in Alaska.
Anchorage School District runs Government Hill Elementary along with 91 other schools, enrolling 40,587 students in total.
At Government Hill Elementary, 53% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 27% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Anchorage Municipality is roughly 10% Hispanic. The diversity index for Government Hill Elementary is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The gap from the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska is 1.6 students per teacher. The school reported 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 12 points below the 49% average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality.
Government Hill Elementary is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.1% versus 40.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.
The school is in Anchorage Municipality, where the median household earns about $103,284 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Government Hill Elementary shares Anchorage Municipality with 98 other public schools.
The closest school to Government Hill Elementary is Aurora Elementary, located about 0.3 miles away. Government Hill Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Government Hill Elementary's average proficiency of 41.1% compares with 37.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.9 to 16.9 over 4 years.
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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
- Aurora Elementary0.3 mi · 359
- Orion Elementary School0.4 mi · 423
- Denali Montessori Elementary1.5 mi · 361
- William Tyson Elementary1.6 mi · 353
- AKChoice K-12 Learning1.7 mi · 283
- Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview Elementary1.7 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Government Hill ElementaryHow large is Government Hill Elementary?
Government Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Government Hill Elementary serve?
Government Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Government Hill Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Government Hill Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Government Hill Elementary?
At Government Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 53% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Government Hill Elementary?
Government Hill Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.