Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNEAU BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020021000508
Mendenhall River Community School
9001 Mendenhall Loop Rd, Juneau, AK 99801 · (907) 796-5600 · Juneau City and Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Alaska public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
64 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 42 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mendenhall River Community School→Thunder Mountain Middle School
Based on grade levels within Juneau Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
AK avg 36.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
AK avg 34.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 30.6% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mendenhall River Community School
Mendenhall River Community School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendenhall River Community School this school | 308 | 20.8% | 37.9% |
| Rabbit Creek Elementary Anchorage | 288 | 20.8% | 58.6% |
| Bayshore Elementary Anchorage | 338 | 16.3% | 54.9% |
| Alpenglow Elementary Eagle River | 278 | 17.3% | 51.3% |
| Huffman Elementary Anchorage | 268 | 17.2% | 66.2% |
| Auke Bay Elementary Juneau | 353 | 13.0% | 50.8% |
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 Mendenhall River Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Juneau City and Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #80 of 134 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #90 of 150 ▲ 2 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #97 of 150 ▼ 6 | #6 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #71 of 169 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #104 of 125 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #43 of 125 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #127 of 142 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #75 of 115 | #1 of 6 |
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
308
+44 (+17%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 21% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 21 | 14.0:1 | 26% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 21.5 | 14.0:1 | 31% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 22 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 23.9 | 14.9:1 | 27% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 28% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 24% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mendenhall River Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (355 to 308); teachers down 29% (23.9 to 17).
About Mendenhall River Community School
Mendenhall River Community School is an elementary school in Juneau, Alaska, and it is part of Juneau Borough School District. Its 308 students are spread across pre-K through 6.
The Juneau Borough School District system has 16 schools and 5,481 students.
Enrollment at Mendenhall River Community School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. The school is also 26% multiracial, 12% Native American, 9% Hispanic, and 6% Pacific Islander. That is lower than the 63% White share among all Juneau City and Borough residents. By the diversity index, Mendenhall River Community School comes in at 71%.
With 17 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mendenhall River Community School was 18.1:1. Among elementary schools in Alaska, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. Mendenhall River Community School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 21%. That is close to the 20% average for public schools in Juneau City and Borough.
The allk12 Grade for Mendenhall River Community School is C. Compared with Alaska public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mendenhall River Community School is 8.3 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.9% actual, 46.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alaska.
Across Juneau City and Borough, median household income is about $101,661, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Mendenhall River Community School is among the 16 public schools in Juneau City and Borough.
The closest other public school is Floyd Dryden Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mendenhall River Community School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Mendenhall River Community School as Town: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 264 to 308. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.0:1 to 18.1:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Juneau City and Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,794
Census ACS
Median income
$101,661
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Juneau Borough School District
- Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KaleHigh · 1,018 students
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Floyd Dryden Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Auke Bay ElementaryElementary · 353 students
Other schools in Juneau
- Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KaleHigh · 1,018 students
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Floyd Dryden Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Auke Bay ElementaryElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Floyd Dryden Middle School1.1 mi · 370
- SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 322
- Thunder Mountain High School1.6 mi · 589
- Thunder Mountain Middle School1.6 mi · 574
- KAX_DIG_OOWU HEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 290
- Auke Bay Elementary2.5 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Mendenhall River Community SchoolHow many students attend Mendenhall River Community School?
Mendenhall River Community School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Mendenhall River Community School serve?
Mendenhall River Community School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mendenhall River Community School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mendenhall River Community School is approximately 18.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mendenhall River Community School?
Student demographics at Mendenhall River Community School are roughly 44% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 26% Two or more.
Who oversees Mendenhall River Community School?
Mendenhall River Community School is overseen by Juneau Borough School District in Juneau City and Borough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.