Best Elementary Schools in Alaska for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Alaska!

Every year, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alaska test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAR and ASA test scores by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr. The most recent update was on Friday, August 30, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 27)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
020018000532	1	Ravenwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9500 Wren Ln	Eagle River	99577	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3250	461	26	17.5	9.1%	322 (69.8%)	5 (1.1%)	40 (8.7%)	6 (1.3%)	21 (4.6%)	6 (1.3%)	61 (13.2%)	$13,824			$968			$12,855	96.3%	94.2%	2.08%
020018000105	2	Rogers Park Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	1400 E Northern Lights Blvd	Anchorage	99508	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-4800	428	30	14.3	33.4%	181 (42.3%)	13 (3.0%)	40 (9.3%)	52 (12.1%)	38 (8.9%)	39 (9.1%)	65 (15.2%)	$14,438			$903			$13,534	92.6%	96.5%	3.94%
020051000480	3	John Shaw Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3750 E Paradise Ln	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 352-0500	483	30	15.8	41.6%	375 (77.6%)	5 (1.0%)	28 (5.8%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.1%)	$13,883			$843			$13,040	88.9%	91.3%	2.44%
020021000508	4	Mendenhall River Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	9001 Mendenhall Loop Rd	Juneau	99801	Juneau City and Borough	Juneau Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 796-5600	294	21	13.9	26.2%	125 (42.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.5%)	8 (2.7%)	35 (11.9%)	19 (6.5%)	79 (26.9%)	$22,582			$1,360			$21,223	85.2%	37.0%	48.19%
020051000744	5	Birchtree Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1675 N Nadina St.	Palmer	99645	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 745-1831	407	22	18.8		315 (77.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (12.8%)	$16,733			$116			$16,617	81.5%	71.1%	10.38%
020051000741	6	Fred and Sara Machetanz Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4961 E Nelson Rd	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 864-2300	476	27	17.3	23.3%	313 (65.8%)	2 (0.4%)	39 (8.2%)	6 (1.3%)	21 (4.4%)	3 (0.6%)	92 (19.3%)	$14,038			$875			$13,163	77.8%	91.9%	14.13%
020015000584	7	Point Higgins School	Public	PK, KG-6	981 North Point Higgins Rd NTG	Ketchikan	99901	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 247-1500	234	20	11.7	25.2%	164 (70.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	7 (3.0%)	46 (19.7%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (5.1%)	$18,962			$795			$18,167	74.1%	48.6%	25.52%
020051000565	8	Pioneer Peak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1959 N Stringfield Rd	Palmer	99645	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 861-5700	471	32	14.9	35.0%	324 (68.8%)	3 (0.6%)	46 (9.8%)	3 (0.6%)	24 (5.1%)	5 (1.1%)	66 (14.0%)	$14,640			$838			$13,801	70.4%	82.7%	12.29%
020051000514	9	Cottonwood Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	800 N Seward Meridian	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 864-2100	428	27	15.8	40.0%	292 (68.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.1%)	3 (0.7%)	20 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	86 (20.1%)	$14,532			$972			$13,560	66.7%	64.7%	1.93%
020018000390	10	Trailside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5151 Abbott Rd	Anchorage	99507	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-5500	427	25	16.7	24.1%	204 (47.8%)	13 (3.0%)	41 (9.6%)	50 (11.7%)	36 (8.4%)	12 (2.8%)	71 (16.6%)	$13,949			$911			$13,037	63.0%	88.4%	25.48%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAR English Language Arts, STAR Mathematics, ASA Science test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
These rankings were last updated on August 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.