📍 Mile 4.5 South Big Lake Rd, Big Lake, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99652
Big Lake Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Big Lake, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 382 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 17.4:1.
Big Lake Elementary enrolls 382 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 17% Two or more races and 15% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 234 | 61% |
| Two or more races | 65 | 17% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 56 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
283 of the school's 382 students (74%) 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.
Big Lake Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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.
Big 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 382 students, Big Lake Elementary is close to the district average of about 398 students per school.
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