Talkeetna Elementary

Talkeetna Elementary, a close-knit elementary campus in Talkeetna, Alaska, one of the schools within Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, educates 121 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 277.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 19,495 students. Talkeetna Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Talkeetna Elementary logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 17% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Matanuska-Susitna Borough (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) logs that median household earnings sit near $94,031, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Talkeetna Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students).

The closest other public school is Trapper Creek Elementary, roughly 6.8 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 120 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.