1
Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000002
Ladd Elementary
601 F St, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 451-1700 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Alaska public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
19.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
131 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 2% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
45.5%
AK avg 36.1% . +13.3pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
AK avg 34.6% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 36.2% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Ladd Elementary
Ladd Elementary's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladd Elementary this school | 383 | 34.2% | 44.5% |
| Orion Elementary School JBER | 423 | 32.9% | 47.3% |
| Ursa Minor Elementary JBER | 294 | 37.8% | 44.1% |
| Aurora Elementary JBER | 359 | 23.1% | 56.6% |
| Anne Wien Elementary Fairbanks | 360 | 46.7% | 34.3% |
| Scenic Park Elementary Anchorage | 386 | 38.9% | 52.3% |
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 Ladd Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Fairbanks North Star Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #57 of 134 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #49 of 150 ▲ 31 | #6 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #47 of 150 ▲ 41 | #8 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #29 of 169 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #118 of 125 | #13 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #49 of 125 | #6 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #97 of 142 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #47 of 115 | #6 of 13 |
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
383
+92 (+32%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 383 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 34% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 22.3 | 17.6:1 | 40% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 23.8 | 18.4:1 | 37% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 24 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 33% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 39% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 37% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 41% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ladd Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (501 to 383); teachers down 39% (33 to 20).
About Ladd Elementary
Ladd Elementary serves students in Fairbanks, Alaska, as a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 383 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. The school is 38% above the average for elementary schools in Alaska.
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is made up of 34 schools with 12,214 students in all.
More than half of the students at Ladd Elementary are White (53%). The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Fairbanks North Star Borough's population at about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ladd Elementary scores 67%.
Teacher count: 20 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.1:1. The gap from the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska is 3.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. The average for public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough is similar, at 33%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ladd Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Compared with Alaska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ladd Elementary's results are 2.9 points above predicted: 44.5% against 41.6%.
For the population of Fairbanks North Star Borough, median household income comes to about $88,267, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Fairbanks North Star Borough's 39 public schools enroll about 23,777 students and include Ladd Elementary.
About 0.2 miles separate Ladd Elementary from the closest public school, Tanana Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ladd Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 291 to 383, a 32% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.1:1 to 19.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Ladd Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fairbanks North Star Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,460
Census ACS
Median income
$88,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
23,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- North Pole High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- North Pole Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Other schools in Fairbanks
- Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)Combined · 7,876 students
- Raven SchoolCombined · 3,687 students
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Tanana Middle School0.2 mi · 523
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.0.8 mi · 784
- Alternative Learning Systems0.8 mi · 184
- Arctic Light Elementary1.6 mi · 361
- Barnette Magnet School2.0 mi · 417
- Lathrop High School2.1 mi · 788
Frequently asked questions
About Ladd ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ladd Elementary?
Ladd Elementary enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Ladd Elementary serve?
Ladd Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ladd Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ladd Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ladd Elementary?
Student demographics at Ladd Elementary are roughly 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Ladd Elementary in?
Ladd Elementary is part of Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
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