📍 35096 Sterling Hwy, Sterling, Kenai Peninsula Borough, 99672
Sterling Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sterling, Kenai Peninsula Borough. The school has 150 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 13.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
Sterling Elementary enrolls 150 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 13.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 16% Two or more races and 8.7% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 106 | 71% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 16% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 13 | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 150 students (46%) 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.
Sterling Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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.
Sterling Elementary is one of 42 schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, based in Soldotna, Alaska. The district serves 8,510 students district-wide and employs 540 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 150 students, Sterling Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 203 students per school.
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