📍 5981 Eek St, Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99654
Finger Lake Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 425 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
Finger Lake Elementary enrolls 425 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 17% Two or more races and 8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 281 | 66% |
| Two or more races | 71 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 30 | 7.1% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 425 students (43%) 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.
Finger Lake Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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.
Finger Lake 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 425 students, Finger Lake Elementary is close to the district average of about 398 students per school.
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