Kalifornsky Beach Elementary

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Soldotna, Alaska, part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, with 384 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 277.

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary is one of 42 schools operated by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, a district that works with 8,510 students overall.

On demographics, Kalifornsky Beach Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest breaks down as 14% multiracial, 10% Native American, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 45% of students at Kalifornsky Beach Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Kalifornsky Beach Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.8%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of +6.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kenai Peninsula Borough) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Kalifornsky Beach Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students).

The closest other public school is Redoubt Elementary, roughly 1.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kalifornsky Beach Elementary's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 384). Over the same period, the White share fell from 71% to 66%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.