Sand Lake Elementary

Sand Lake Elementary is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Anchorage, Alaska, operated by Anchorage School District, caters to 367 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 277.

Anchorage School District comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 40,587 students; Sand Lake Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sand Lake Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% multiracial, 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sand Lake Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sand Lake Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 48.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Anchorage Municipality shows median household income runs about $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Anchorage Municipality's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), Sand Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Kincaid Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 44%: 654 students in 2018 compared to 367 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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