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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 52.9% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Tustumena Elementary
Tustumena Elementary's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tustumena Elementary this school | 155 | 56.8% | 54.0% |
| Chapman School Anchor Point | 168 | 51.2% | 48.3% |
| Talkeetna Elementary Talkeetna | 121 | 62.8% | 42.3% |
| Haines Elementary Haines | 153 | 55.6% | 46.7% |
| Nikiski North Star Elementary Kenai | 214 | 49.1% | 36.7% |
| Willow Elementary Willow | 127 | 66.1% | 48.0% |
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 Tustumena Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #26 of 134 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #54 of 150 ▼ 25 | #6 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #53 of 150 ▼ 1 | #6 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #144 of 169 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #47 of 142 | #2 of 15 |
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
155
+43 (+38%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 284
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 155 | 10.3 | 15.0:1 | 57% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 132 | 10.7 | 12.4:1 | 42% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 135 | 10.2 | 13.3:1 | 47% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 12 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 13.8 | 13.5:1 | 59% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | 13 | 14.2:1 | 46% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 163 | 12 | 13.6:1 | 44% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 34% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 284 | 15 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tustumena Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (186 to 155); teachers down 25% (13.8 to 10.3).
About Tustumena Elementary
Located in Kasilof, Alaska, Tustumena Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment is 155 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6. Against the 277-student average for elementary schools in Alaska, enrollment here is 44% lower.
A total of 42 schools make up Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, with 8,510 students enrolled.
At Tustumena Elementary, White students make up 70% of the student body. After that, the student body is 17% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. Census figures show Kenai Peninsula Borough is about 79% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.0:1. That is close to the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 57%. That is 14 points above the 43% average for public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Tustumena Elementary outperforms its prediction by 20.3 points. The model expects 33.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Alaska; the school's rate is 54.0%.
Federal survey data for Kenai Peninsula Borough show that the median household income is $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 42 public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough, enrolling about 8,510 students in all.
River City Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.8 miles away. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Tustumena Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place Tustumena Elementary in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment is up 38% from 2020-21, when Tustumena Elementary had 112 students, to 2024-25, when it had 155. The ratio was 9.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- River City Academy11.8 mi · 79
- Skyview Middle School11.8 mi · 355
- 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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