Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000176
Tustumena Elementary
58231 Sterling Hwy, Kasilof, AK 99610 · (907) 260-1345 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
88 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
44.3%
AK avg 36.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
AK avg 34.6% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points.
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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 20 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
155
-31 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.5:1
% White
70%
was 69%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tustumena Elementary
Tustumena Elementary is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Kasilof, Alaska, part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, enrolling 155 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 277.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 8,510 students; Tustumena Elementary is among them.
On the student-mix side, Tustumena Elementary logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 17% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Kenai Peninsula Borough's rate of about 43%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tustumena Elementary sits in the top 10% of Alaska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.8%; actual is 54.0%, +20.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Kenai Peninsula Borough) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,538 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Kenai Peninsula Borough runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students), of which Tustumena Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Skyview Middle School, roughly 11.8 miles away.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Looking at the recent track record. Tustumena Elementary's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 186 (now 155). Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Skyview Middle School11.8 mi · 355
- River City Academy11.8 mi · 79
- Kalifornsky Beach Elementary13.1 mi · 384
- Redoubt Elementary13.7 mi · 321
- Soldotna High School14.0 mi · 695
- Soldotna Montessori Charter School14.3 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Tustumena ElementaryHow many students attend Tustumena Elementary?
Tustumena Elementary enrolls approximately 155 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Tustumena Elementary serve?
Tustumena Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tustumena Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tustumena Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Tustumena Elementary?
Student demographics at Tustumena Elementary are roughly 70% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Two or more.
What district is Tustumena Elementary in?
Tustumena Elementary is part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
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