Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000403
Redoubt Elementary
486 W Redoubt Ave, Soldotna, AK 99669 · (907) 260-4300 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% 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
14.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
162 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 44% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
44.1%
AK avg 36.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
AK avg 34.6% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 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 | 44.1% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 34.8% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Redoubt Elementary
Redoubt Elementary's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redoubt Elementary this school | 321 | 50.5% | 43.0% |
| Tanaina Elementary Wasilla | 324 | 55.2% | 39.9% |
| Snowshoe Elementary Wasilla | 346 | 47.7% | 52.5% |
| Swanson Elementary Palmer | 348 | 47.7% | N/A |
| Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Soldotna | 384 | 45.1% | 44.4% |
| Goose Bay Elementary Wasilla | 305 | 43.3% | N/A |
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 Redoubt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #63 of 134 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #73 of 150 ▲ 9 | #10 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #56 of 150 ▲ 12 | #7 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #63 of 169 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #32 of 125 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #85 of 125 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #55 of 142 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #86 of 115 | #8 of 10 |
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
321
+77 (+32%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 50% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 22.9 | 15.2:1 | 41% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 23.2 | 15.8:1 | 42% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | 25 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 22.3 | 16.1:1 | 42% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 32% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 47% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 34% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Redoubt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (359 to 321); teachers down 1% (22.3 to 22).
About Redoubt Elementary
Redoubt Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Soldotna, Alaska. Its enrollment is 321 students, spread over pre-K through 6.
Redoubt Elementary is one school in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, a system of 42 schools with 8,510 students.
The largest group at Redoubt Elementary is White students, at 65%. Other groups make up 16% multiracial, 8% Native American, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 79% of Kenai Peninsula Borough residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Alaska average 15.3:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 50%.
Among Alaska public elementary schools, Redoubt Elementary outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Redoubt Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.0%, compared with a predicted 35.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alaska schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Kenai Peninsula Borough show median household income comes to about $80,538, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,510, Redoubt Elementary among them.
Soldotna High School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 7. On average proficiency, Redoubt Elementary is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
A 32% rise took enrollment from 244 in 2020-21 to 321 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 9.8:1 to 14.6:1.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other schools in Soldotna
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 355 students
- Soldotna ElementaryElementary · 266 students
- Soldotna Montessori Charter SchoolElementary · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Soldotna High School0.4 mi · 695
- Soldotna Montessori Charter School1.0 mi · 164
- Soldotna Elementary1.1 mi · 266
- Connections1.1 mi · 1,188
- Kalifornsky Beach Elementary1.4 mi · 384
- Skyview Middle School2.1 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Redoubt ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Redoubt Elementary?
Redoubt Elementary enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Redoubt Elementary serve?
Redoubt Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Redoubt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Redoubt Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Redoubt Elementary?
At Redoubt Elementary, the student body is approximately 65% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Redoubt Elementary public or private?
Redoubt Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.