William H. Seward Elementary School

William H. Seward Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus in Seward, Alaska, run under Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. The school teaches 205 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 277 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 8,510 students. William H. Seward Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, William H. Seward Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 2% Native American. By comparison, Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting William H. Seward Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at William H. Seward Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William H. Seward Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 36.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kenai Peninsula Borough) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,538, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. William H. Seward Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students).

Nearest neighbor: Seward Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William H. Seward Elementary School has contracted 32%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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