Houghtaling Elementary

Houghtaling Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Ketchikan, Alaska, operated by Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 310 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Houghtaling Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, a district that works with 2,043 students overall.

On demographics, Houghtaling Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% Native American, 15% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

In terms of school funding signals, Houghtaling Elementary shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ketchikan Gateway Borough (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Houghtaling Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ketchikan Gateway Borough put median household earnings sit near $92,885, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Houghtaling Elementary is one of 9 public schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough (combined enrollment of about 2,043 students).

Nearest neighbor: Revilla Jr/Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Houghtaling Elementary's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 310). The White share of enrollment expanded from 37% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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