Elementary · Alaska

Bear Valley Elementary

Bear Valley Elementary, a public elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska: grades pre-k–6, 316 students, 17.4 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
316
Teachers (FTE)
18.2
Students per teacher
17.4
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in Alaska

Median 15.7 · 168 schools compared

More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 61% of elementary schools in Alaska

Median 289 · 168 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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%

61%proficient

−3.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 93% of elementary schools in Alaska

Median 38% · 162 elementary schools compared

178 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alaska: 34%

64%proficient

−7.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in Alaska

Median 40% · 162 elementary schools compared

178 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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Rural area near a city

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

Location

Address
15001 Mountain Air Dr, Anchorage, AK 99516
Phone
(907)742-5900
City or town
Anchorage

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–635015.051%53%
Pre-K–626817.059%68%
Pre-K–628815.646%57%
Pre-K–653616.246%51%
Pre-K–636415.950%53%
Spring Hill ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–629114.413%19%

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

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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