Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000117
Taku Elementary
701 E 72nd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99518 · (907) 742-5940 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
196 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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
84%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
25.6%
AK avg 36.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
AK avg 34.6% . -11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 30.1% |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Taku Elementary
Taku Elementary's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taku Elementary this school | 258 | 76.0% | 29.2% |
| Northwood ABC Anchorage | 255 | 79.6% | 26.4% |
| Gladys Wood Elementary Anchorage | 267 | 76.0% | 35.4% |
| Spring Hill Elementary Anchorage | 291 | 86.6% | 19.5% |
| Chinook Elementary Anchorage | 365 | 73.2% | 25.2% |
| Ptarmigan Elementary Anchorage | 392 | 83.2% | 19.1% |
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 Taku Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #100 of 134 | #34 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #128 of 150 ▼ 33 | #46 of 62 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #110 of 150 ▲ 4 | #39 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #103 of 169 | #47 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #112 of 125 | #48 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 84.4% | #4 of 125 | #4 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #25 of 142 | #19 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #25 of 115 | #15 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
258
-40 (-13%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 258 | 13.9 | 18.5:1 | 76% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 17.6 | 17.0:1 | 77% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 18.5 | 15.5:1 | 72% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 22.7 | 16.5:1 | 75% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 69% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 73% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 20 | 20.1:1 | 46% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 18 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taku Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (373 to 258); teachers down 38% (22.7 to 13.9).
About Taku Elementary
Taku Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Anchorage, Alaska. It had 258 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
Anchorage School District has a total of 92 schools and 40,587 students, Taku Elementary among them.
multiracial students make up 18% of enrollment at Taku Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 17% White, 17% Pacific Islander, 16% Hispanic, and 16% Native American. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 84%.
There are 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Taku Elementary, giving a ratio of 18.5:1. Elementary schools in Alaska average 15.3:1, 3.2 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 196 students, or 76%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Anchorage Municipality average 49%.
Taku Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.2% is 2.1 points above the 27.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Anchorage Municipality show that median household income comes to about $103,284, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Anchorage Municipality counts 99 public schools with about 41,241 students.
Of the public schools around it, Taku Elementary is closest to Polaris K-12 School, about 0.8 miles away. Taku Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Taku Elementary ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.2% against a local average of 37.3%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment fell 13% over 4 years, reaching 258 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.6:1 in 2020-21, and 18.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Polaris K-12 School0.8 mi · 483
- Rilke Schule Charter School0.8 mi · 485
- S.A.V.E. High School0.9 mi · 156
- Campbell STEM Elementary1.0 mi · 323
- Northern Lights ABC K-8 School1.3 mi · 582
- Tudor Elementary1.4 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Taku ElementaryHow many students attend Taku Elementary?
Taku Elementary enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-06.
Is Taku Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Taku Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Taku Elementary have?
Taku Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taku Elementary?
At Taku Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Taku Elementary?
Taku Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
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