Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000112
Scenic Park Elementary
3933 Patterson Rd, Anchorage, AK 99504 · (907) 742-1650 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- A-Beats 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
17.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
150 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
81%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
47.5%
AK avg 36.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
AK avg 34.6% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 48 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 up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 54.6% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Scenic Park Elementary
Scenic Park Elementary's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Park Elementary this school | 386 | 38.9% | 52.3% |
| Tudor Elementary Anchorage | 303 | 46.9% | 26.1% |
| Kasuun Elementary Anchorage | 343 | 50.4% | 29.8% |
| Rogers Park Elementary Anchorage | 354 | 35.6% | 66.0% |
| Sand Lake Elementary Anchorage | 367 | 32.4% | 48.5% |
| Harborview Elementary Juneau | 349 | 30.1% | 35.6% |
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 Scenic Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #34 of 134 | #18 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #51 of 150 ▼ 24 | #23 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #39 of 150 ▲ 18 | #18 of 62 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #26 of 169 | #11 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #86 of 125 | #38 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.7% | #25 of 125 | #25 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #82 of 142 | #32 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #72 of 115 | #38 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
386
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 386 | 22.7 | 17.0:1 | 39% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 23.1 | 17.0:1 | 37% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 26.2 | 14.6:1 | 39% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 22 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 24.4 | 18.6:1 | 58% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 46% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 45% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 22% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scenic Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (453 to 386); teachers down 7% (24.4 to 22.7).
About Scenic Park Elementary
Located in Anchorage, Alaska, Scenic Park Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 386 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Alaska average about 277 students, which makes this school 39% above average.
The 92 schools of Anchorage School District, including Scenic Park Elementary, enroll 40,587 students.
The student body at Scenic Park Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 31%. The next largest groups are 23% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 8% Pacific Islander. The school's White share is 26 points below the 57% share among Anchorage Municipality residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 81%.
On staff are 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Alaska average 15.3:1. Scenic Park Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 39%. Across public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the average is 49%.
Scenic Park Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Scenic Park Elementary would score about 40.0%. It scores 52.3%, 12.3 points above that figure.
In Anchorage Municipality, home to about 288,976 people, median household income comes to about $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 99 public schools in the county, enrolling about 41,241, Scenic Park Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Benny Benson Alternative High School, is the closest to Scenic Park Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Scenic Park Elementary comes in 1st of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
A 4% rise took enrollment from 371 in 2020-21 to 386 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Scenic Park Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Nearby schools
- Benny Benson Alternative High School0.6 mi · 275
- Anchorage STrEaM Academy0.6 mi · 183
- Baxter Elementary0.7 mi · 239
- Susitna Elementary0.9 mi · 394
- Highland Academy Charter1.1 mi · 200
- Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing1.1 mi · 25
Frequently asked questions
About Scenic Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Scenic Park Elementary?
Scenic Park Elementary enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Scenic Park Elementary serve?
Scenic Park Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Scenic Park Elementary?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Scenic Park Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scenic Park Elementary?
At Scenic Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 23% Two or more.
Who oversees Scenic Park Elementary?
Scenic Park Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
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