North Pole Elementary

North Pole Elementary is one of the medium-sized primary schools in North Pole, Alaska, part of Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, with 312 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 12,214 students; North Pole Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Pole Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, North Pole Elementary records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, Fairbanks North Star Borough reports that median household earnings sit near $88,267, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. North Pole Elementary is one of 39 public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough (combined enrollment of about 23,777 students).

North Pole Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

North Pole Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. North Pole Elementary's enrollment has decreased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 312). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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