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Enrollment
601
Combined
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 192
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000469
Twindly Bridge Charter School
141 E Seldon Rd Ste C, Wasilla, AK 99654 · (907) 376-6680 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES KG–12COMBINED23-SUBURBCHARTERVIRTUALREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Student : Teacher
109.7:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.3:1 · STATE 27.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 4% |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
49.5%
AK avg 36.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
35.1%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 35.9% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
601
+41 (+7%) vs 2020
+92% since 2010-11, when it was 313
Student : Teacher
109.7:1
was 70.0:1
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 | 601 | 5.5 | 109.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 6 | 99.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 6.4 | 91.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 8 | 70.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 6.9 | 69.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 5 | 78.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 2 | 156.5:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twindly Bridge Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (477 to 601); teachers down 20% (6.9 to 5.5).
About Twindly Bridge Charter School
This page covers Twindly Bridge Charter School, a large school serving multiple grade levels in Wasilla, Alaska. The school covers kindergarten through 12 and reported 601 students in 2024-25. On average, combined schools in Alaska enroll around 192, and this school is 213% bigger than that mark.
Twindly Bridge Charter School is part of a district of 49 schools: Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, with 19,495 students.
The share of students at Twindly Bridge Charter School who are White is 82%. Enrollment also includes 10% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Twindly Bridge Charter School reported 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 109.7:1. The school's 109.7:1 compares with an average of 27.0:1 for combined schools in Alaska.
In Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where the school is located, the median household earns about $94,031 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough number 49, with about 19,495 students.
Tanaina Elementary is the nearest public school to Twindly Bridge Charter School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
In the federal locale system, Twindly Bridge Charter School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter. Twindly Bridge Charter School carries a virtual school designation in NCES data.
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 560 in 2020-21 to 601 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 70.0:1 in 2020-21 to 109.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Twindly Bridge Charter School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Wasilla
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Wasilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- John Shaw ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Tanaina Elementary0.4 mi · 324
- Wasilla High School1.9 mi · 816
- Iditarod Elementary1.9 mi · 424
- Wasilla Middle School2.1 mi · 584
- Larson Elementary2.2 mi · 319
- Mat-Su Central School2.5 mi · 2,780
Frequently asked questions
About Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolHow large is Twindly Bridge Charter School?
Twindly Bridge Charter School enrolls approximately 601 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Twindly Bridge Charter School serve?
Twindly Bridge Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Twindly Bridge Charter School?
Approximately 109.7:1 students per teacher at Twindly Bridge Charter School.
What is the student diversity at Twindly Bridge Charter School?
Student demographics at Twindly Bridge Charter School are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Twindly Bridge Charter School in?
Twindly Bridge Charter School is part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.