📍 2801 Richmond Ave, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, 99508
William Tyson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 342 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 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
William Tyson Elementary enrolls 342 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 21% Two or more races, 19% American Indian or Alaska Native and 17% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Two or more races | 71 | 21% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 64 | 19% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 58 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 14% |
| Asian | 44 | 13% |
| White | 30 | 8.8% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 7.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
342 of the school's 342 students (100%) 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.
William Tyson 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.
William Tyson 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 342 students, William Tyson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.
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