📍 2001 W Fairview Loop, Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99654
Snowshoe Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 340 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
Snowshoe Elementary enrolls 340 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 20% Two or more races and 7.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 213 | 63% |
| Two or more races | 67 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 7.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 24 | 7.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.8% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
157 of the school's 340 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.
Snowshoe Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Snowshoe Elementary is one of 49 schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, based in Palmer, Alaska. The district serves 19,495 students district-wide and employs 998 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 340 students, Snowshoe Elementary is close to the district average of about 398 students per school.
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