Iditarod Elementary

Iditarod Elementary, a large primary school in Wasilla, Alaska, run under Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, works with 424 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Iditarod Elementary sits 53% larger than that benchmark.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 19,495 students; Iditarod Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Iditarod Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 22% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 2% Asian. By comparison, Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Iditarod Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Iditarod Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Iditarod Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +5.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) logs that median household earnings sit near $94,031, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Matanuska-Susitna Borough's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), Iditarod Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wasilla Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Iditarod Elementary's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 424). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 58%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.