📍 2991 Baxter Rd, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, 99504
Baxter Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 269 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 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
Baxter Elementary enrolls 269 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 20% Two or more races, 19% White and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Two or more races | 54 | 20% |
| White | 52 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 17% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 36 | 13% |
| Asian | 33 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 12% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 6.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 269 students (68%) 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.
Baxter 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.
Baxter 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 269 students, Baxter Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.