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What's one thing Sand Lake Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000108
Sand Lake Elementary
7500 Jewel Lake Rd, Anchorage, AK 99502 · (907) 243-2161 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
119 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 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
77%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
36.8%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
AK avg 34.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 47.5% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sand Lake Elementary
Sand Lake Elementary's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Lake Elementary this school | 367 | 32.4% | 48.5% |
| Rogers Park Elementary Anchorage | 354 | 35.6% | 66.0% |
| Trailside Elementary Anchorage | 364 | 23.4% | 53.9% |
| Harborview Elementary Juneau | 349 | 30.1% | 35.6% |
| Bowman Elementary Anchorage | 536 | 28.9% | 53.8% |
| KAX_DIG_OOWU HEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Juneau | 290 | 27.2% | 28.1% |
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 Sand Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #42 of 134 | #22 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #39 of 150 ▲ 9 | #19 of 62 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #81 of 150 ▼ 17 | #31 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #31 of 169 | #12 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #47 of 125 | #17 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.0% | #33 of 125 | #29 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #100 of 142 | #38 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.9% | #4 of 115 | #3 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
367
-158 (-30%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 367 | 23.8 | 15.4:1 | 32% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 34% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 28.1 | 18.1:1 | 32% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 37% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 29% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 26% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 13% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 28 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (654 to 367); teachers down 37% (38 to 23.8).
About Sand Lake Elementary
Sand Lake Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Anchorage, Alaska. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 367 students in pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Alaska is about 277 students, so this school is 32% bigger than average.
Sand Lake Elementary is in Anchorage School District, a district with 40,587 students across 92 schools.
White students are the largest group at Sand Lake Elementary, with 36% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 24% multiracial, 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 6% Native American. Among all residents of Anchorage Municipality, the White share is about 57%. By the diversity index, Sand Lake Elementary comes in at 77%.
The school has about 15.4 students per teacher and 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Alaska average about 15.3:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 32%. The rate at public schools in Anchorage Municipality averages 49%, higher than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sand Lake Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Alaska schools: 48.5% actual against 42.2% predicted.
Anchorage Municipality has about 288,976 residents, and median household income is about $103,284, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Anchorage Municipality number 99 and enroll about 41,241.
Nearby, Kincaid Elementary is about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sand Lake Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Sand Lake Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sand Lake Elementary had 525 students in 2020-21 and 367 in 2024-25, a 30% decrease. The ratio was 18.1:1 in 2020-21 and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Sand Lake Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sand Lake Elementary. Sand Lake Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- SAND LAKE ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 733 students
- Sand Lake ElementaryHolmen, WI · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Kincaid Elementary0.7 mi · 322
- Gladys Wood Elementary0.7 mi · 267
- Chinook Elementary0.9 mi · 365
- Dimond High School0.9 mi · 1,373
- Campbell STEM Elementary1.8 mi · 323
- Northwood ABC1.9 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Lake ElementaryHow large is Sand Lake Elementary?
Sand Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Sand Lake Elementary serve?
Sand Lake Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sand Lake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sand Lake Elementary is approximately 15.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sand Lake Elementary?
At Sand Lake Elementary, the student body is approximately 36% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 24% Two or more.
Is Sand Lake Elementary public or private?
Sand Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.