Kasuun Elementary

Kasuun Elementary is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in Anchorage, Alaska, part of Anchorage School District, enrolling 343 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 277 students.

Kasuun Elementary is one of 92 schools operated by Anchorage School District, a district that works with 40,587 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kasuun Elementary logs that 25% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 20% multiracial, 14% Asian, 14% Native American, 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Kasuun Elementary shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Kasuun Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Kasuun Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kasuun Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 29.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Anchorage Municipality indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,284 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kasuun Elementary is one of 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students).

Northern Lights ABC K-8 School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kasuun Elementary.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kasuun Elementary has contracted 17%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.