Redoubt Elementary

Located at 486 W Redoubt Ave, in Soldotna, Alaska, Redoubt Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school that serves 321 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 8,510 students. Redoubt Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Redoubt Elementary reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% multiracial, 8% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Redoubt Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Redoubt Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kenai Peninsula Borough) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,538 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Kenai Peninsula Borough's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students), Redoubt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Soldotna High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Redoubt Elementary.

Redoubt Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redoubt Elementary has shrank 11%, going from 359 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 77% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.