Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000118
Ursa Minor Elementary
336 Hoonah Ave, JBER, AK 99505 · (907) 428-1311 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
111 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
37.9%
AK avg 36.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
AK avg 34.6% . -9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 42.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 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 Ursa Minor Elementary
Ursa Minor Elementary's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ursa Minor Elementary this school | 294 | 37.8% | 44.1% |
| Ladd Elementary Fairbanks | 383 | 34.2% | 44.5% |
| Orion Elementary School JBER | 423 | 32.9% | 47.3% |
| Anderson Crawford Elementary Eielson AFB | 369 | 21.7% | 64.4% |
| Ocean View Elementary Anchorage | 285 | 44.9% | 51.0% |
| Eagle River Elementary Eagle River | 266 | 30.5% | 46.2% |
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 Ursa Minor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #59 of 134 | #26 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #97 of 150 ▼ 34 | #32 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #78 of 150 ▼ 22 | #30 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #79 of 169 | #33 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #105 of 125 | #46 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #57 of 125 | #40 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #87 of 142 | #33 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #108 of 115 | #52 of 53 |
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
294
+29 (+11%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 294 | 16.2 | 18.2:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 16.2 | 21.3:1 | 28% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 18.9 | 16.6:1 | 20% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 19.7 | 15.5:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 28% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 13 | 19.1:1 | 48% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 14 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ursa Minor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (305 to 294); teachers down 18% (19.7 to 16.2).
About Ursa Minor Elementary
Ursa Minor Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in JBER, Alaska. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 294 students.
In Anchorage School District, 92 schools enroll a combined 40,587 students.
White students are the majority at Ursa Minor Elementary, with 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 57% of residents are White. Ursa Minor Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Ursa Minor Elementary counts 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.2 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.8 above the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. About 38% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
A school with Ursa Minor Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Alaska is predicted to score 40.4%. Ursa Minor Elementary scores 44.1%, 3.8 points above that line.
Anchorage Municipality has about 288,976 residents, and the median household income is $103,284, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Anchorage Municipality has 99 public schools and roughly 41,241 students.
The school nearest to Ursa Minor Elementary is Bartlett High School, at a distance of about 1.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Ursa Minor Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Ursa Minor Elementary is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 29 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.2:1) than in 2020-21 (14.7:1).
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Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in JBER
- Orion Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Aurora ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Ursa Major ElementaryElementary
Nearby schools
- Bartlett High School1.8 mi · 1,431
- Muldoon Elementary2.2 mi · 417
- Creekside Park Elementary2.8 mi · 399
- Nicholas J. Begich Middle School3.2 mi · 830
- Ptarmigan Elementary3.4 mi · 392
- Chester Valley Elementary3.5 mi · 191
Frequently asked questions
About Ursa Minor ElementaryHow many students attend Ursa Minor Elementary?
Ursa Minor Elementary enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Ursa Minor Elementary serve?
Ursa Minor Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ursa Minor Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ursa Minor Elementary is approximately 18.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ursa Minor Elementary?
At Ursa Minor Elementary, the student body is approximately 55% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Ursa Minor Elementary in?
Ursa Minor Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
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