Elementary · Alaska
Birchtree Charter School
CharterBirchtree Charter School, a public elementary school in Palmer, Alaska: grades k–8, 416 students, 17.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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
- 416
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.6
- Students per teacher
- 17.6
- Grades
- K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in Alaska
Median 15.7 · 168 schools compared
More students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in Alaska
Median 289 · 168 schools compared
Larger than 50% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–8
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Small suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.
Location
- Address
- 1675 N Nadina St., Palmer, AK 99645
- Phone
- (907)745-1831
- City or town
- South Lakes
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 449 | 15.5 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 445 | 16.5 | |
| Pre-K–8 | 771 | 20.8 | |
Fronteras Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 336 | 17.7 |
| Pre-K–5 | 422 | 16.2 | |
| Pre-K–8 | 643 | 18.4 |
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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