Enrollment
54
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000725
Sutton Elementary
11672 N Wright Way, Sutton, AK 99674 · (907) 861-5600 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL54 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
48 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 | 13 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 3 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 9% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
57.9%
AK avg 36.1% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 58 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 47.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Alaska's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Sutton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 54 | #162 of 169 | #26 of 27 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
54
+7 (+15%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 80
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 54 | 5 | 10.8:1 | 89% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 45 | 4.5 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 51 | 4.5 | 11.3:1 | 76% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 47 | 3 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 75 | 4.5 | 16.6:1 | 67% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 62 | 4 | 15.5:1 | 76% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 63 | 6 | 10.5:1 | 75% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 80 | 7 | 11.4:1 | 65% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutton Elementary.
About Sutton Elementary
In Sutton, Alaska, part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Sutton Elementary is an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 54 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Alaska is about 277 students.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District enrolls 19,495 students, and its 49 schools include Sutton Elementary.
At 67%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sutton Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 28% multiracial and 4% Native American. Matanuska-Susitna Borough's residents are about 77% White, 10 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Sutton Elementary comes in at 48%.
Federal data list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sutton Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.8:1. Among elementary schools in Alaska, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Sutton Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Test results at Sutton Elementary are 26.0 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.6%, compared with a predicted 22.6%, which ranks in the top 10% in Alaska.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has about 112,988 residents, and median household income is about $94,031, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 49 public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, with a combined enrollment of about 19,495.
Sherrod Elementary is the public school closest to Sutton Elementary, about 10.2 miles away. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sutton Elementary at 2nd of 5.
The federal government classifies Sutton Elementary's location as Rural: Distant.
Sutton Elementary saw enrollment rise 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.7 to 10.8 over 4 years.
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Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Nearby schools
- Sherrod Elementary10.2 mi · 383
- Swanson Elementary10.3 mi · 348
- Academy Charter School10.3 mi · 268
- Palmer Middle School11.4 mi · 563
- Palmer High School11.4 mi · 616
- Mat-Su Secondary School11.6 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Sutton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sutton Elementary?
Sutton Elementary enrolls approximately 54 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sutton Elementary serve?
Sutton Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sutton Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Sutton Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sutton Elementary?
At Sutton Elementary, the student body is approximately 67% White, 2% Asian, 28% Two or more.
Who oversees Sutton Elementary?
Sutton Elementary is overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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