School district · Alaska
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Alaska: 49 public schools with 19,495 students and 19.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,238 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 49
- 8 charter
- Students
- 19,495
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- AK 18.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $17,238
- AK $21K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,015
- Counselors (FTE)
- 45.7
- Students per counselor
- 427
- AK 394 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 18.0
- Librarians (FTE): 20.2
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alaska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alaska: 33%42%proficient
+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 83% of school districts in Alaska
Median 28% · 52 school districts compared
7,341 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alaska: 34%44%proficient
+1.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 81% of school districts in Alaska
Median 25% · 52 school districts compared
7,330 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $45.7M
- State
- 65% · $229.8M
- Local
- 23% · $80.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,495
- Support services
- $7,290
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $16.1M
- Long-term debt
- $255.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Academy Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 268 | 13.0 | 68% | 78% |
Big Lake ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 362 | 16.2 | 30% | 39% |
Birchtree Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 416 | 17.6 | 47% | 45% |
| Pre-K–5 | 263 | 13.2 | 50% | 48% | |
| Pre-K–8 | 771 | 20.8 | 44% | 45% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 422 | 16.2 | 40% | 45% | |
Dena'ina Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 396 | 15.2 | 43% | 51% |
| Pre-K–5 | 445 | 16.5 | 45% | 51% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 468 | 18.4 | 51% | 54% | |
Fronteras Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 336 | 17.7 | 50% | 55% |
| Pre-K–2 | 305 | 14.5 | — | — | |
Iditarod ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 424 | 16.3 | 23% | 28% |
| Pre-K–5 | 507 | 16.4 | 56% | 72% | |
| K–5 | 263 | 16.4 | 38% | 42% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 319 | 14.8 | 41% | 42% | |
Meadow Lakes ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 308 | 12.3 | 21% | 18% |
| K–8 | 189 | 23.6 | 45% | 60% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 449 | 15.5 | 51% | 62% | |
Sherrod ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 16.7 | 49% | 43% |
| Pre-K–5 | 346 | 15.0 | 47% | 50% | |
Sutton ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 54 | 10.8 | 58% | 47% |
| Pre-K–2 | 348 | 13.4 | — | — | |
| Pre-K–5 | 121 | 12.1 | 43% | 33% | |
Tanaina ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 324 | 14.7 | 37% | 38% |
| Pre-K–8 | 643 | 18.4 | 39% | 41% | |
Trapper Creek ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 18 | 18.0 | 80% | 40% |
Willow ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 127 | 12.7 | 37% | 42% |
Houston Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 318 | 13.8 | 24% | 24% |
| 6–8 | 563 | 18.9 | 45% | 39% | |
| 6–8 | 584 | 19.7 | 30% | 32% | |
Burchell High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 200 | 16.7 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,046 | 20.4 | — | — | |
Houston High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 337 | 13.5 | — | — |
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 497 | 16.0 | 24% | 26% |
Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolCareer and technical | 9–12 | 705 | 16.7 | — | — |
| 8–12 | 222 | 111.0 | — | — | |
Mat-Su Secondary SchoolAlternative | 6–12 | 10 | 10.0 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 616 | 16.6 | — | — | |
| 6–12 | 233 | 14.6 | 40% | 32% | |
| 9–12 | 816 | 18.0 | — | — | |
American Charter AcademyCharter | K–12 | 193 | 16.0 | 59% | 76% |
Beryozova SchoolFree meals for all | K–12 | 39 | 19.5 | 30% | 30% |
| K–12 | 24 | 7.0 | 57% | 93% | |
Knik Charter Correspondence SchoolCharterMostly virtual | Pre-K–12 | 34 | 34.0 | 33% | 17% |
Knik Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 189 | 13.3 | 33% | 27% |
Mat-Su Central SchoolMostly virtual | K–12 | 2,780 | 99.3 | 40% | 43% |
| K–12 | 70 | 5.0 | 21% | 14% | |
Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCharterMostly virtual | K–12 | 601 | 109.7 | 47% | 37% |
Valley PathwaysAlternativeFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 143 | 14.3 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 501 N Gulkana St, Palmer, AK 99645
- Phone
- (907)746-9200
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.