Kincaid Elementary

Kincaid Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Anchorage, Alaska, run under Anchorage School District, instructing 322 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Kincaid 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, Kincaid Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 17% multiracial, 10% Native American, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Anchorage Municipality overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Kincaid Elementary shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 26% of students at Kincaid Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kincaid Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Anchorage Municipality shows median household earnings sit near $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anchorage Municipality's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), Kincaid Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sand Lake Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Kincaid Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 40% since 2018, when it stood at 541 (now 322). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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