Elementary · Alaska
Swanson Elementary
Swanson Elementary, a public elementary school in Palmer, Alaska: grades pre-k–2, 348 students, 13.4 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
- 348
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in Alaska
Median 15.7 · 168 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 70% of elementary schools in Alaska
Median 289 · 168 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District 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
- 507 N Gulkana, Palmer, AK 99645
- Phone
- (907)861-5300
- City or town
- Palmer
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Sherrod ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 16.7 |
Academy Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 268 | 13.0 |
| Pre-K–8 | 771 | 20.8 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 449 | 15.5 | |
Birchtree Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 416 | 17.6 |
| Pre-K–5 | 263 | 13.2 |
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).
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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