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Airport Heights Elementary

1510 Alder Dr, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, 99508

261
Pupils
12.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Airport Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 261 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anchorage School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.

School details

School district
Anchorage School District

Enrollment & staffing

Airport Heights Elementary enrolls 261 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.

Male students
135 (52%)
Female students
126 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Student-teacher ratio
12.4:1
Grade span
Pre-K–6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% Asian, 19% Two or more races and 17% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Asian7027%
Two or more races4919%
Hispanic or Latino4517%
American Indian or Alaska Native3915%
White259.6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander249.2%
Black or African American93.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

252 of the school's 261 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-K–6Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Airport Heights Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.

School district: Anchorage School District

Airport Heights Elementary is one of 96 schools in Anchorage School District, based in Anchorage, Alaska. The district serves 42,573 students district-wide and employs 2,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 261 students, Airport Heights Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.

42,573
District students
96
Schools
2,424
Teachers (FTE)

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