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Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000147
Kasuun Elementary
4000 E 68th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99507 · (907) 349-9444 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
173 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
83%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
AK avg 36.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
22.3%
AK avg 34.6% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 30.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Kasuun Elementary
Kasuun Elementary's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasuun Elementary this school | 343 | 50.4% | 29.8% |
| Tudor Elementary Anchorage | 303 | 46.9% | 26.1% |
| Scenic Park Elementary Anchorage | 386 | 38.9% | 52.3% |
| Denali Elementary Fairbanks | 300 | 57.7% | 30.5% |
| Rogers Park Elementary Anchorage | 354 | 35.6% | 66.0% |
| Ocean View Elementary Anchorage | 285 | 44.9% | 51.0% |
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 Kasuun Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #98 of 134 | #32 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #122 of 150 ▼ 28 | #41 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #107 of 150 ▼ 14 | #38 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #52 of 169 | #24 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #88 of 125 | #39 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 83.1% | #12 of 125 | #12 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #56 of 142 | #28 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #65 of 115 | #35 of 53 |
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
343
+78 (+29%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 343 | 20 | 17.2:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 27.9 | 15.3:1 | 50% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 42% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 19 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 28.8 | 14.4:1 | 49% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 29% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 17% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kasuun Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (414 to 343); teachers down 31% (28.8 to 20).
About Kasuun Elementary
Kasuun Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska, under Anchorage School District. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 343 students. On average, elementary schools in Alaska enroll around 277, and this school is 24% larger than that mark.
The 92 schools of Anchorage School District, including Kasuun Elementary, enroll 40,587 students.
White students make up 25% of enrollment at Kasuun Elementary, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% multiracial, 14% Asian, 14% Native American, and 13% Hispanic. In Anchorage Municipality overall, about 57% of residents are White. The diversity index for Kasuun Elementary is 83%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Kasuun Elementary comes to 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.2:1. The school's 17.2:1 compares with an average of 15.3:1 for elementary schools in Alaska. On the income side, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 49% average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality.
After adjusting for student poverty, Kasuun Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Alaska schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.8%; the prediction is 36.0%.
Census data for Anchorage Municipality show the median household earns about $103,284 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Anchorage Municipality number 99, with about 41,241 students.
Northern Lights ABC K-8 School is about 1.0 miles from Kasuun Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Kasuun Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Kasuun Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Federal data place Kasuun Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 29% over 4 years, reaching 343 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.9:1 to 17.2:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Kasuun Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Lights ABC K-8 School1.0 mi · 582
- Alaska Native Cultural Charter School1.3 mi · 357
- Rilke Schule Charter School1.4 mi · 485
- Trailside Elementary1.4 mi · 364
- Service High School1.6 mi · 1,518
- Polaris K-12 School1.6 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Kasuun ElementaryHow large is Kasuun Elementary?
Kasuun Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Kasuun Elementary serve?
Kasuun Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Kasuun Elementary have?
Kasuun Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Kasuun Elementary?
Student demographics at Kasuun Elementary are roughly 25% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 14% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Kasuun Elementary in?
Kasuun Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.