Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000463
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science
549 N Forest Dr, Kenai, AK 99611 · (907) 283-0804 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Alaska public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
79 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.3%
AK avg 36.1% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
AK avg 34.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 11 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.3% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 13.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science this school | 205 | 38.5% | 18.9% |
| William H. Seward Elementary School Seward | 205 | 36.6% | 36.1% |
| Paul Banks Elementary Homer | 189 | 40.7% | N/A |
| Butte Elementary Palmer | 263 | 38.4% | 53.1% |
| Soldotna Elementary Soldotna | 266 | 44.0% | 46.9% |
| Goose Bay Elementary Wasilla | 305 | 43.3% | N/A |
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 Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #121 of 134 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #120 of 150 ▲ 22 | #15 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #131 of 150 ▲ 8 | #15 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #121 of 169 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #18 of 125 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #76 of 125 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #84 of 142 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #56 of 115 | #5 of 10 |
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
205
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 246
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 205 | 15.1 | 13.6:1 | 39% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 14.1 | 14.2:1 | 35% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 15.5 | 15.1:1 | 36% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 16.8 | 15.5:1 | 27% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 22% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 15 | 16.4:1 | 21% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (260 to 205); teachers down 10% (16.8 to 15.1).
About Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science is a small elementary school serving families in Kenai, Alaska. Its enrollment is 205 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Alaska enroll around 277, and this school is 26% below that mark.
The 42 schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District enroll 8,510 students altogether, Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science among them.
The share of White students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science is 61%, a majority. The remaining students are 18% multiracial, 11% Native American, and 7% Hispanic. Census figures show Kenai Peninsula Borough is about 79% White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science are from different groups.
Teacher count: 15.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Alaska, 15.3:1, is higher. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science is in the bottom 10% of Alaska schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.1%. The school's actual rate is 18.9%, 21.2 points lower.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kenai Peninsula Borough show that the median household earns about $80,538 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Kenai Peninsula Borough has 42 public schools with about 8,510 students, including Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science.
Aurora Borealis Charter School, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area. Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
The school's student count fell 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
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- Mt. View Elementary3.5 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Kaleidoscope School of Arts & ScienceHow large is Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science?
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science enrolls approximately 205 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science serve?
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science.
How diverse is Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science?
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science reports a student body of 61% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science in?
Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science is part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
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