Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000098
Ocean View Elementary
11911 Johns Rd, Anchorage, AK 99515 · (907) 742-5850 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
128 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
73%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
48.9%
AK avg 36.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
AK avg 34.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 55.8% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Ocean View Elementary
Ocean View Elementary's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View Elementary this school | 285 | 44.9% | 51.0% |
| Larson Elementary Wasilla | 319 | 47.0% | 51.8% |
| Fire Lake Elementary Eagle River | 195 | 39.0% | 42.1% |
| Knik Elementary School Wasilla | 263 | 48.3% | 42.0% |
| Turnagain Elementary Anchorage | 247 | 36.8% | 46.0% |
| University Park Elementary Fairbanks | 361 | 36.0% | 31.7% |
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 Ocean View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #39 of 134 | #21 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #25 of 150 ▼ 1 | #12 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #35 of 150 ▲ 7 | #17 of 62 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #88 of 169 | #39 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #82 of 125 | #35 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #40 of 125 | #33 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #69 of 142 | #30 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #12 of 115 | #10 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
285
-39 (-12%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 285 | 16.9 | 16.9:1 | 45% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 41% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 21.3 | 16.7:1 | 37% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 24.9 | 18.2:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 31% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 9% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ocean View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (454 to 285); teachers down 32% (24.9 to 16.9).
About Ocean View Elementary
Ocean View Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. The school counts 285 students across pre-K through 6.
District-wide, Anchorage School District has 92 schools and 40,587 students.
White students are the largest group at Ocean View Elementary, with 46% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 14% Native American, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 7% Pacific Islander. The school's White share is 10 points below the 57% share among Anchorage Municipality residents. By the diversity index, Ocean View Elementary comes in at 73%.
Teachers at the school number 16.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.9:1. Among elementary schools in Alaska, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ocean View Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alaska schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.0% and a predicted 37.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Anchorage Municipality, median household income is about $103,284, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Ocean View Elementary is among the 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality.
The next-closest public school is Bowman Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ocean View Elementary's average proficiency of 51.0% compares with 45.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Ocean View Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 324 to 285 over 4 years. Students per teacher rose from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
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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
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- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
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- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
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- 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 Ocean View Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ocean View Elementary. Ocean View Elementary is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Ocean View ElementaryWhittier, CA · 668 students
- Ocean View ElementaryAlbany, CA · 563 students
- Ocean View ElementaryArroyo Grande, CA · 547 students
- Ocean View ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Bowman Elementary1.1 mi · 536
- Klatt Elementary1.1 mi · 294
- Rabbit Creek Elementary1.8 mi · 288
- FOCUS Homeschool1.9 mi · 549
- Hanshew Middle School2.0 mi · 822
- Spring Hill Elementary2.1 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Ocean View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ocean View Elementary?
Ocean View Elementary enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Ocean View Elementary serve?
Ocean View Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ocean View Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ocean View Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ocean View Elementary?
Ocean View Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Ocean View Elementary in?
Ocean View Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
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