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Frontier Charter School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
400 W Northern Lights Blvd #9
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone
(907) 742-1180
District
Anchorage School District
County
ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
447
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alaska

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.2% of all AK schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Frontier Charter School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
28%
65%
32%
35%
25%
50%
28%
65%
32%
35%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

100 80 60 40 20 0
89
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 25 5.6%
Grade 1 23 5.1%
Grade 2 26 5.8%
Grade 3 25 5.6%
Grade 4 27 6.0%
Grade 5 23 5.1%
Grade 6 34 7.6%
Grade 7 37 8.3%
Grade 8 47 10.5%
Grade 9 40 8.9%
Grade 10 42 9.4%
Grade 11 51 11.4%
Grade 12 47 10.5%
Total 447 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.7% 48.8% 55.2%
Black 6.4% 5.3% 2.7%
Hispanic 11.5% 14.1% 8.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.4% 11.6% 5.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 9.0% 20.1% 27.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 45.7% 39.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 43.3% 36.3%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 2.4% 2.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 290,674 733,583
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 170.3 1
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.7% 6.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 20.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.1% 36.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.6% 24.2%
65 OR OLDER 12.0% 12.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 107,134 264,376
Single Parent Households With Children 8.6% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.2% 93.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.0% 30.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 27.3% 23.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.5% 19.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 15.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.1% 12.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.2% 8.5%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 6.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,488 $414,873,000 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,706 $74,580,000 9.3%
Staff $649 $28,369,000 3.5%
General Administration $127 $5,557,000 0.7%
School Administration $979 $42,812,000 5.3%
Operation $1,750 $76,541,000 9.5%
Transportation $473 $20,667,000 2.6%
Other $724 $31,672,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,408 $280,198,000 34.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,461 $107,624,000 13.4%
Total Expenditures $18,357 $802,695,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,345 $1,352,382,000 48.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,486 $194,264,000 7.0%
Staff $1,877 $245,342,000 8.9%
General Administration $262 $34,292,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,165 $152,285,000 5.5%
Operation $2,261 $295,609,000 10.7%
Transportation $563 $73,651,000 2.7%
Other $816 $106,624,000 3.8%
Total Support $8,431 $1,102,067,000 39.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,421 $316,542,000 11.4%
Total Expenditures $21,197 $2,770,991,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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