Elementary · Alaska

Airport Heights Elementary

Free meals for all

Airport Heights Elementary, a public elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska: grades pre-k–6, 240 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Anchorage School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 240
Teachers (FTE): 18.4
Students per teacher: 13.0
Grades: Pre-K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Alaska

Median 15.7 · 168 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in Alaska

Median 289 · 168 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Anchorage School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Anchorage School District.

Location

Address: 1510 Alder Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907)742-4550
City or town: Anchorage
County: Anchorage Municipality

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Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	337	15.9	0.9 mi
Russian Jack ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	254	14.4	1.1 mi
Williwaw ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	315	14.3	1.1 mi
Lake Otis ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	264	13.0	1.1 mi
Rogers Park Elementary	Pre-K–6	354	14.8	1.3 mi
William Tyson ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	353	19.5	1.4 mi

Sources

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).

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