Trailside Elementary

Trailside Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Anchorage, Alaska, one of the schools within Anchorage School District, with 364 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 277.

Trailside Elementary is one of 92 schools operated by Anchorage School District, a district that educates 40,587 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Trailside Elementary shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 15% multiracial, 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 23% of students at Trailside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Trailside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Anchorage Municipality put median household earnings sit near $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trailside Elementary is one of 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students).

Nearest neighbor: Service High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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