Ketchikan Charter School

Located at 410 Schoenbar Rd, in Ketchikan, Alaska, Ketchikan Charter School is a close-knit elementary-level community that caters to 190 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Ketchikan Charter School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, which oversees 9 schools and 2,043 students, Ketchikan Charter School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Ketchikan Charter School shows that the most-represented group is Native American (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ketchikan Gateway Borough runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ketchikan Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 26.4%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ketchikan Gateway Borough) records that the typical household earns roughly $92,885 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Ketchikan Charter School is one of 9 public schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough (combined enrollment of about 2,043 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. As a public charter, Ketchikan Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Ketchikan Charter School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 186 (now 190). White enrollment moved from 28% to 37% across the same window.

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