Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 155 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETERSBURG BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020066000305
Rae C. Stedman Elementary
303 Dolphin St, Petersburg, AK 99833 · (907) 526-7656 · Petersburg Borough
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Alaska public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
103 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Based on grade levels within Petersburg Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
AK avg 36.1% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
AK avg 34.6% . +2.0pp 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 47 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 9 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 | 31.6% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 44.9% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Rae C. Stedman Elementary
Rae C. Stedman Elementary's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rae C. Stedman Elementary this school | 206 | 50.0% | 43.7% |
| Ketchikan Charter School Ketchikan | 190 | 56.3% | 26.4% |
| Fawn Mountain Elementary Ketchikan | 210 | 40.0% | 45.1% |
| Nikiski North Star Elementary Kenai | 214 | 49.1% | 36.7% |
| Redoubt Elementary Soldotna | 321 | 50.5% | 43.0% |
| Fire Lake Elementary Eagle River | 195 | 39.0% | 42.1% |
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 Rae C. Stedman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #60 of 134 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #52 of 150 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #98 of 150 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #117 of 169 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #4 of 125 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #74 of 125 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #57 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #85 of 115 |
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
206
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 206 | 17.4 | 11.9:1 | 50% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 51% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 18 | 11.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | 19 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 15.5 | 14.9:1 | 47% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 13 | 16.5:1 | 48% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 13 | 16.0:1 | 47% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 31% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 19 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rae C. Stedman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (231 to 206); teachers up 12% (15.5 to 17.4).
About Rae C. Stedman Elementary
Rae C. Stedman Elementary is a small elementary school for students in Petersburg, Alaska. Enrollment totals 206 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 26% below the average for elementary schools in Alaska.
Rae C. Stedman Elementary is part of Petersburg Borough School District, where 3 schools serve 464 students.
Federal enrollment data show Rae C. Stedman Elementary is 60% White. Next come 25% Native American, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. In Petersburg Borough overall, the White share is about 63%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Teacher count: 17.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. The gap from the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska is 3.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rae C. Stedman Elementary lands at B, ahead of 56% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Rae C. Stedman Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.7% is 7.6 points above the 36.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Petersburg Borough is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $75,125, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 3 public schools in the county, enrolling about 464, Rae C. Stedman Elementary among them.
Petersburg High School is about 0.1 miles from Rae C. Stedman Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Rae C. Stedman Elementary enrolled 208; in 2024-25, 206.
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Petersburg Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,409
Census ACS
Median income
$75,125
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Petersburg Borough School District
- Petersburg High SchoolHigh · 144 students
- Mitkof Middle SchoolMiddle · 114 students
Other schools in Petersburg
- Petersburg High SchoolHigh · 144 students
- Mitkof Middle SchoolMiddle · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Petersburg High School0.1 mi · 144
- Mitkof Middle School0.1 mi · 114
- Wrangell High School32.1 mi · 71
- Stikine Middle School32.1 mi · 59
- Evergreen Elementary32.2 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About Rae C. Stedman ElementaryHow many students attend Rae C. Stedman Elementary?
Rae C. Stedman Elementary enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rae C. Stedman Elementary serve?
Rae C. Stedman Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rae C. Stedman Elementary?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Rae C. Stedman Elementary.
How diverse is Rae C. Stedman Elementary?
Rae C. Stedman Elementary reports a student body of 60% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Rae C. Stedman Elementary public or private?
Rae C. Stedman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Petersburg Borough School District.
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