Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 211 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020015000046
Houghtaling Elementary
2940 Baranof, Ketchikan, AK 99901 · (907) 225-4128 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Alaska public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
163 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
28.6%
AK avg 36.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 25.6% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Houghtaling Elementary
Houghtaling Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houghtaling Elementary this school | 310 | 52.6% | 28.0% |
| East Elementary Kodiak | 289 | 54.3% | 42.6% |
| Ketchikan Charter School Ketchikan | 190 | 56.3% | 26.4% |
| North Star Elementary Kodiak | 161 | 65.2% | 39.5% |
| Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary Sitka | 275 | 36.7% | 52.8% |
| Redoubt Elementary Soldotna | 321 | 50.5% | 43.0% |
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 Houghtaling Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #103 of 134 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #118 of 150 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #104 of 150 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #69 of 169 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #5 of 125 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #47 of 125 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #53 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #70 of 115 |
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
310
-39 (-11%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 310 | 26 | 11.9:1 | 53% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 28 | 10.3:1 | 58% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 34 | 9.1:1 | 59% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 30 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 52% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 46% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 48% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 24% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 24 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houghtaling Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (366 to 310); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Houghtaling Elementary
Houghtaling Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Ketchikan, Alaska. In all, 310 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
Houghtaling Elementary is part of a district of 9 schools: Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, with 2,043 students.
White students account for 42% of enrollment at Houghtaling Elementary, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 33% Native American, 15% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, the White share is about 63%. The diversity index for Houghtaling Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Alaska average 15.3:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. Houghtaling Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 53%. For comparison, public schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough average 38%.
Houghtaling Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Houghtaling Elementary is 7.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.0% versus 35.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.
In Ketchikan Gateway Borough, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $92,885, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,043, Houghtaling Elementary among them.
Revilla Jr/Sr High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Houghtaling Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Houghtaling Elementary places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Houghtaling Elementary the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 349 in 2020-21 to 310 in 2024-25.
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Ketchikan Gateway Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,768
Census ACS
Median income
$92,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
- Ketchikan High SchoolHigh · 551 students
- Schoenbar Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
- Fawn Mountain ElementaryElementary · 210 students
- Point Higgins SchoolElementary · 204 students
- Ketchikan Charter SchoolElementary · 190 students
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter SchoolElementary · 140 students
Other schools in Ketchikan
- Ketchikan High SchoolHigh · 551 students
- Schoenbar Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
- Fawn Mountain ElementaryElementary · 210 students
- Point Higgins SchoolElementary · 204 students
- Ketchikan Charter SchoolElementary · 190 students
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter SchoolElementary · 140 students
Nearby schools
- Revilla Jr/Sr High School0.0 mi · 110
- Fast Track0.2 mi · 76
- Ketchikan High School0.2 mi · 551
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter School1.8 mi · 140
- Ketchikan Charter School1.8 mi · 190
- Schoenbar Middle School1.9 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Houghtaling ElementaryHow many students attend Houghtaling Elementary?
Houghtaling Elementary enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-06.
Is Houghtaling Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houghtaling Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Houghtaling Elementary?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Houghtaling Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houghtaling Elementary?
At Houghtaling Elementary, the student body is approximately 42% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Houghtaling Elementary public or private?
Houghtaling Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District.
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