📍 680 Hightower, Girdwood, Anchorage Municipality, 99587
Girdwood School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Girdwood, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 182 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anchorage School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
Girdwood School enrolls 182 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 147 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 5 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
25 of the school's 182 students (14%) 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.
Girdwood School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Girdwood School 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 182 students, Girdwood School is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.