Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SITKA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020024000638
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary
307 Kashevaroff, Sitka, AK 99835 · (907) 747-8395 · Sitka City and Borough
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Alaska public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
101 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 78 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 25% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary→Blatchley Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sitka School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
AK avg 36.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
AK avg 34.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 50.8% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary this school | 275 | 36.7% | 52.8% |
| Turnagain Elementary Anchorage | 247 | 36.8% | 46.0% |
| SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL Juneau | 322 | 31.1% | 39.5% |
| University Park Elementary Fairbanks | 361 | 36.0% | 31.7% |
| North Pole Elementary North Pole | 312 | 34.6% | 32.8% |
| Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science Kenai | 205 | 38.5% | 18.9% |
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 Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #32 of 134 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #38 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #50 of 150 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #92 of 169 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #20 of 125 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #45 of 125 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #91 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #18 of 115 |
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
275
-28 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 275 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 25.5 | 10.9:1 | 40% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 26 | 10.5:1 | 33% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 30 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 30.2 | 13.4:1 | 47% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 42% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 39% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 33% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 24 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (405 to 275); teachers down 34% (30.2 to 20).
About Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Sitka, Alaska, under Sitka School District. The grade span is 2 through 5, and enrollment is 275 students.
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary is one school in Sitka School District, a system of 6 schools with 1,080 students.
At Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The school is also 20% multiracial, 17% Native American, 7% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. That is lower than the 59% White share among all Sitka City and Borough residents. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 20 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary reports 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary is B+. Compared with Alaska public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary scores 52.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.7%.
Within Sitka City and Borough, the median household income is $101,727, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary, Sitka City and Borough has 6 other public schools.
The school nearest to Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary is Sitka High School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Ranked by average proficiency, Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary places 2nd out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary's enrollment dropped 9%, to 275. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.1:1 to 13.8:1.
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Sitka City and Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,368
Census ACS
Median income
$101,727
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sitka School District
- Sitka High SchoolHigh · 305 students
- Blatchley Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 137 students
- Sitka REACHCombined · 82 students
- Pacific High SchoolHigh · 40 students
Other schools in Sitka
- Mt. Edgecumbe High SchoolHigh · 422 students
- Sitka High SchoolHigh · 305 students
- Blatchley Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 137 students
- Sitka REACHCombined · 82 students
- Pacific High SchoolHigh · 40 students
Nearby schools
- Sitka High School0.4 mi · 305
- Blatchley Middle School0.6 mi · 241
- Mt. Edgecumbe High School0.9 mi · 422
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 137
- Sitka REACH1.1 mi · 82
- Pacific High School1.2 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About Keet Gooshi Heen ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary?
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary enrolls approximately 275 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary serve?
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary?
Student demographics at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary are roughly 48% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Is Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary public or private?
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sitka School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.