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Alumni: what's one memory from Rabbit Creek Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000103
Rabbit Creek Elementary
13650 Lake Otis Pkwy, Anchorage, AK 99516 · (907) 742-5700 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
60 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
2
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
54%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
45.9%
AK avg 36.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
AK avg 34.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 50.4% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Rabbit Creek Elementary
Rabbit Creek Elementary's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Creek Elementary this school | 288 | 20.8% | 58.6% |
| Hermon Hutchens Elementary Valdez | 287 | 26.8% | 54.4% |
| Huffman Elementary Anchorage | 268 | 17.2% | 66.2% |
| Birchwood ABC Elementary Eagle River | 246 | 24.8% | 58.9% |
| Pearl Creek Elementary Fairbanks | 388 | 26.3% | 49.7% |
| Chugach Optional Elementary Anchorage | 275 | 11.6% | 67.8% |
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 Rabbit Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #14 of 134 | #8 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #27 of 150 ▲ 8 | #14 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #46 of 150 ▼ 25 | #21 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #85 of 169 | #37 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #53 of 125 | #19 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #87 of 125 | #44 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #126 of 142 | #47 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.7% | #8 of 115 | #6 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
288
-64 (-18%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 288 | 18.4 | 15.6:1 | 21% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 25.9 | 16.5:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 25.8 | 17.2:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 22 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 27.5 | 17.4:1 | 22% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 20 | 19.3:1 | 7% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 25 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rabbit Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (478 to 288); teachers down 33% (27.5 to 18.4).
About Rabbit Creek Elementary
Rabbit Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Anchorage, Alaska. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 288 students enrolled.
Anchorage School District serves 40,587 students across 92 schools.
The share of White students at Rabbit Creek Elementary is 66%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% multiracial, 9% Native American, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Anchorage Municipality is about 57% White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Rabbit Creek Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. It is about the same as the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 21%. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the school's rate is lower.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rabbit Creek Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Alaska schools: 58.6% actual against 46.2% predicted.
The school's county is Anchorage Municipality. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,284 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Rabbit Creek Elementary shares Anchorage Municipality with 98 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, South Anchorage High School is about 0.9 miles from Rabbit Creek Elementary. Rabbit Creek Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Rabbit Creek Elementary's average proficiency of 58.6% compares with 44.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Rabbit Creek Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 18%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- 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 schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- South Anchorage High School0.9 mi · 1,239
- Bowman Elementary1.3 mi · 536
- Huffman Elementary1.3 mi · 268
- Ocean View Elementary1.8 mi · 285
- Hanshew Middle School2.3 mi · 822
- Spring Hill Elementary2.5 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Rabbit Creek ElementaryHow large is Rabbit Creek Elementary?
Rabbit Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Rabbit Creek Elementary serve?
Rabbit Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Rabbit Creek Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Rabbit Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Rabbit Creek Elementary?
Rabbit Creek Elementary reports a student body of 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Rabbit Creek Elementary public or private?
Rabbit Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
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