Knik Charter School

Knik Charter School is a moderately sized combined-grade school in Wasilla, Alaska, part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. The school enrolls 189 students in grades pre-K through 12.

Within Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, which oversees 49 schools and 19,495 students, Knik Charter School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Knik Charter School lists that the largest single group is Native American at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 23% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Knik Charter School reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 107% of students at Knik Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Matanuska-Susitna Borough's rate of about 45%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,031 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), of which Knik Charter School is one.

Knik Charter Correspondence School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Knik Charter School.

Knik Charter School operates from a bedroom-community location. Knik Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.