Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000151
Lake Hood Elementary
3601 W 40th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99517 · (907) 245-5521 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
98 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
82%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
13.0%
AK avg 36.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
7.6%
AK avg 34.6% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.6% | 12.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lake Hood Elementary
Lake Hood Elementary's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hood Elementary this school | 185 | 53.0% | 15.8% |
| Kasuun Elementary Anchorage | 343 | 50.4% | 29.8% |
| East Elementary Kodiak | 289 | 54.3% | 42.6% |
| Tudor Elementary Anchorage | 303 | 46.9% | 26.1% |
| Susitna Elementary Anchorage | 394 | 69.3% | 29.2% |
| Baxter Elementary Anchorage | 239 | 67.4% | 15.0% |
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 Lake Hood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #125 of 134 | #49 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #149 of 150 ▼ 5 | #61 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #139 of 150 ▲ 3 | #54 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #135 of 169 | #61 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #52 of 142 | #27 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.2% | #2 of 115 | #1 of 53 |
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
185
-83 (-31%) vs 2020
-62% since 2000-01, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 185 | 13.4 | 13.8:1 | 53% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 16.6 | 14.0:1 | 47% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 18.3 | 13.5:1 | 54% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 21 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 24.9 | 14.7:1 | 62% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 50% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 49% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 24% (116) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Hood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 49% (364 to 185); teachers down 46% (24.9 to 13.4).
About Lake Hood Elementary
Lake Hood Elementary is the name of a small elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 185 students. Enrollment is 33% lower than the average for elementary schools in Alaska, which is about 277.
The district for Lake Hood Elementary is Anchorage School District, with 92 schools and 40,587 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lake Hood Elementary. The largest is Asian students, at 24%. Smaller groups are 19% White, 19% multiracial, 16% Native American, and 9% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Anchorage Municipality is roughly 10% Asian. The school's diversity index is 82%, meaning two students picked at random have an 82% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Lake Hood Elementary employs 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25.
Compared with Alaska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lake Hood Elementary scores 19.2 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.8%; the prediction is 35.1%.
Lake Hood Elementary is located in Anchorage Municipality, where the median household income is $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Lake Hood Elementary is one of 99 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Turnagain Elementary is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lake Hood Elementary's average proficiency of 15.8% compares with 38.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Lake Hood Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lake Hood Elementary's enrollment dropped from 268 in 2020-21 to 185 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.8:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
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Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Nearby schools
- Turnagain Elementary0.6 mi · 247
- Northwood ABC1.1 mi · 255
- Aquarian Charter School1.3 mi · 365
- Romig Middle School1.5 mi · 1,138
- West High School1.6 mi · 1,702
- Willow Crest Elementary1.7 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Hood ElementaryHow large is Lake Hood Elementary?
Lake Hood Elementary enrolls approximately 185 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Lake Hood Elementary serve?
Lake Hood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Lake Hood Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Lake Hood Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Hood Elementary?
At Lake Hood Elementary, the student body is approximately 19% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 24% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Is Lake Hood Elementary public or private?
Lake Hood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
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