Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000443
Larson Elementary
2722 E Seldon Rd, Wasilla, AK 99654 · (907) 352-2300 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
150 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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
41.3%
AK avg 36.1% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 53.6% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Larson Elementary
Larson Elementary's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larson Elementary this school | 319 | 47.0% | 51.8% |
| Snowshoe Elementary Wasilla | 346 | 47.7% | 52.5% |
| Knik Elementary School Wasilla | 263 | 48.3% | 42.0% |
| Soldotna Elementary Soldotna | 266 | 44.0% | 46.9% |
| Swanson Elementary Palmer | 348 | 47.7% | N/A |
| Ocean View Elementary Anchorage | 285 | 44.9% | 51.0% |
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 Larson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #35 of 134 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #70 of 150 ▼ 42 | #16 of 23 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #68 of 150 ▼ 42 | #15 of 23 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #64 of 169 | #17 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #37 of 125 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #63 of 125 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #63 of 142 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #61 of 115 | #4 of 14 |
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
319
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 319 | 21.5 | 14.8:1 | 47% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 25.5 | 13.9:1 | 40% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 42% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 24 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 44% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 41% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 38% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Larson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (392 to 319); teachers down 17% (26 to 21.5).
About Larson Elementary
Larson Elementary is a public elementary school run by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Wasilla, Alaska. A total of 319 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Larson Elementary reports to Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, which has 49 schools and 19,495 students.
At Larson Elementary, White students make up 58% of the student body. It is also 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 12% Native American. For comparison, the population of Matanuska-Susitna Borough is roughly 77% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1, with 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Alaska average 15.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 47% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough average 45%.
Larson Elementary scores 51.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 37.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the median household income is $94,031, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 49 public schools and roughly 19,495 students.
Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School is the public school closest to Larson Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Larson Elementary is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 319, a 3% decrease from 329 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.7 to 14.8 over 4 years.
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Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Wasilla
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCombined · 601 students
- Wasilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
Other Larson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Larson Elementary. Larson Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Larson Elementary SchoolGRAND PRAIRIE, TX · 443 students
Nearby schools
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School0.7 mi · 705
- Teeland Middle School0.7 mi · 643
- Fronteras Charter School1.0 mi · 336
- Mat-Su Day School1.2 mi · 70
- John Shaw Elementary1.5 mi · 507
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary1.7 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Larson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Larson Elementary?
Larson Elementary enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Larson Elementary serve?
Larson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Larson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Larson Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Larson Elementary?
At Larson Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Two or more.
Is Larson Elementary public or private?
Larson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.
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