North Star Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in Anchorage, Alaska, North Star Elementary hosts 317 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Anchorage School District.

North Star Elementary is one of 92 schools operated by Anchorage School District, a district that instructs 40,587 students overall.

On demographics, North Star Elementary lists that the largest single group is Pacific Islander at 31%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 15% Native American, 14% multiracial, 12% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 105% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Anchorage Municipality's rate of about 49%.

In the surrounding community, Anchorage Municipality reports that median household income runs about $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anchorage Municipality's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), North Star Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Steller Secondary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Star Elementary has ticked down 28%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 12% to 7%.

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