📍 4167 Neely Rd, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks North Star Borough, 99703
Arctic Light Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks North Star Borough. The school has 467 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
Arctic Light Elementary enrolls 467 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 208 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 7.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 21 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 467 students (50%) 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.
Arctic Light Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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.
Arctic Light Elementary is one of 33 schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, based in Fairbanks, Alaska. The district serves 11,857 students district-wide and employs 647 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 467 students, Arctic Light Elementary is larger than the district average of about 359 students per school.
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