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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNEAU BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020021000131

SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL

3400 Tongass Blvd, Juneau, AK 99801 · (907) 780-1400 · Juneau City and Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Alaska public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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

Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 277
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
100 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3812%
Kindergarten289%
Grade 1309%
Grade 24113%
Grade 34614%
Grade 44113%
Grade 54915%
Grade 64915%

This year's kindergarten class (28) is 43% smaller than its 6th grade class (49).

Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
11235%
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
3310%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Asian
247%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
9128%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 14% · US 5%
Native American
4313%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 22% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
196%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3% · US 0%
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
Male
16150%
Female
16150%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL→Thunder Mountain Middle School
Based on grade levels within Juneau Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
34.2%
AK avg 36.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
40.2%
AK avg 34.6% . +7.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.

AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2534.2%40.2%
2023-2431.1%32.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL

SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL this school32231.1%39.5%
KAX_DIG_OOWU HEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Juneau
29027.2%28.1%
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary
Sitka
27536.7%52.8%
Harborview Elementary
Juneau
34930.1%35.6%
University Park Elementary
Fairbanks
36136.0%31.7%
Turnagain Elementary
Anchorage
24736.8%46.0%
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 SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlaskaIn Juneau City and Borough
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.5%#78 of 134#4 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.2%#76 of 150
▲ 12
#2 of 7
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.2%#89 of 150
▲ 7
#5 of 7
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
322#61 of 169#3 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.0:1#39 of 125#1 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
76.2%#34 of 125#3 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
31.1%#102 of 142#1 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.5%#77 of 115#2 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
322
+66 (+26%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2532221.515.0:131% (100)
2023-2429820.814.3:130% (89)
2022-2332522.714.3:134% (111)
2020-212562211.6:1N/A
2017-1836823.515.7:143% (157)
2015-164272417.8:147% (201)
2010-113652614.0:139% (141)
2000-013642713.5:118% (65)
1990-915733416.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (368 to 322); teachers down 8% (23.5 to 21.5).

About SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL

In Juneau, Alaska, SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 322 students, covering pre-K through 6.

The 16 schools in Juneau Borough School District enroll 5,481 students altogether, SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL among them.

The largest racial or ethnic group at SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL is White, with 35% of students. Other groups include 28% multiracial, 13% Native American, 10% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. The county population is about 63% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL scores 76%.

For every teacher at SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL, there are about 15.0 students; the school has 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. There are 100 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 31% of enrollment. Across public schools in Juneau City and Borough, the average is 20%.

On the allk12 Grade, SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Alaska public elementary schools.

SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL is 3.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.5% versus 42.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.

In the wider Juneau City and Borough area, median household income comes to about $101,661, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Juneau City and Borough's 16 public schools enroll about 5,481 students and include SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL.

Floyd Dryden Middle School sits about 0.4 miles from SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL. SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.9% proficiency; SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL posts 39.5%.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.

In 2020-21, SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL enrolled 256 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 322. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (11.6:1).

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Juneau City and Borough at a glance

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Population
31,794
Census ACS
Median income
$101,661
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,481 students

Quick facts

School name
SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL
District
Juneau Borough School District
Address
3400 Tongass Blvd, Juneau, AK 99801
Phone
(907) 780-1400
County
Juneau City and Borough
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
322
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
15.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
100 (31%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
020021000131
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL
How large is SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL?
SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-06.
Is SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL is approximately 15.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 28% Two or more.
What district is SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL in?
SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL is part of Juneau Borough School District.
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