📍 888 Edwards St, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, 99504
Ptarmigan Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 341 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 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
Ptarmigan Elementary enrolls 341 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 17% White, 16% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 16% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 58 | 17% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 55 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 16% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 44 | 13% |
| Asian | 42 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 35 | 10% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
270 of the school's 341 students (79%) 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.
Ptarmigan 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.
Ptarmigan 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 341 students, Ptarmigan Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.
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