Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNEAU BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020021000132
Harborview Elementary
1255 Glacier Ave, Juneau, AK 99801 · (907) 523-1850 · Juneau City and Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
105 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 36% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Harborview Elementary→Thunder Mountain Middle School
Based on grade levels within Juneau Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.1%
AK avg 36.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
AK avg 34.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 30.4% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Harborview Elementary
Harborview Elementary's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harborview Elementary this school | 349 | 30.1% | 35.6% |
| SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL Juneau | 322 | 31.1% | 39.5% |
| Sand Lake Elementary Anchorage | 367 | 32.4% | 48.5% |
| Trailside Elementary Anchorage | 364 | 23.4% | 53.9% |
| KAX_DIG_OOWU HEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Juneau | 290 | 27.2% | 28.1% |
| Rogers Park Elementary Anchorage | 354 | 35.6% | 66.0% |
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 Harborview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Juneau City and Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #84 of 134 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #98 of 150 ▼ 5 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #85 of 150 ▲ 14 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #49 of 169 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #44 of 125 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.0% | #31 of 125 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #107 of 142 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #112 of 115 | #5 of 6 |
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
349
+69 (+25%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 349 | 23.2 | 15.1:1 | 30% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 23.9 | 13.0:1 | 26% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 23.9 | 12.6:1 | 34% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 26 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 27.1 | 13.3:1 | 42% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 39% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 33% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 12% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harborview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (360 to 349); teachers down 15% (27.1 to 23.2).
About Harborview Elementary
At 1255 Glacier Ave in Juneau, Alaska, Harborview Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 349 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. The average among elementary schools in Alaska is roughly 277 students; this school is 26% larger than that.
Juneau Borough School District is made up of 16 schools with 5,481 students in all.
Harborview Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 28%. Other reported shares: 28% multiracial, 21% Native American, 13% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Juneau City and Borough residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 78% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Harborview Elementary total 23.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.1:1. That matches the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska fairly closely. The school counts 105 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 30%. Compared with the 20% average for public schools in Juneau City and Borough, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.0%.
In the county around the school, Juneau City and Borough, the median household income is $101,661, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Juneau City and Borough is home to 16 public schools and about 5,481 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alt. H.S. is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Harborview Elementary has 7 other public schools within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Harborview Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
The school enrolled 349 students in 2024-25, 69 more than the 280 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
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Juneau City and Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,794
Census ACS
Median income
$101,661
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Juneau Borough School District
- Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KaleHigh · 1,018 students
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Floyd Dryden Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Auke Bay ElementaryElementary · 353 students
Other schools in Juneau
- Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KaleHigh · 1,018 students
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Floyd Dryden Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Auke Bay ElementaryElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alt. H.S.0.1 mi · 80
- Montessori Borealis Public Alternative School0.1 mi · 205
- HomeBRIDGE0.1 mi · 224
- Juneau Community Charter School0.2 mi · 71
- Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale0.2 mi · 1,018
- SAYEIK: GASTINEAU COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Harborview ElementaryHow large is Harborview Elementary?
Harborview Elementary enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Harborview Elementary serve?
Harborview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Harborview Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Harborview Elementary.
How diverse is Harborview Elementary?
Harborview Elementary reports a student body of 28% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 28% Two or more.
Is Harborview Elementary public or private?
Harborview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Juneau Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.