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Willow Elementary School

Po Box 69

Tel: (907)495-9300

Willow Elementary School serves 155 students in grades PK-6.
The student:teacher ratio of 16:1 is lower than the AK average of 18:1.
Minority enrollment is 17% of the student body (majority American Indian), which is less than the state average of 52%.
Willow Elementary School operates within the Matanuska-susitna Borough School District.

The student:teacher ratio of 16:1 has decreased from 19:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.29 is less than the state average of 0.36. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(AK) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	16:1	18:1

American Indian	14%	24%

Asian	1%	6%

Hispanic	n/a	7%

Black	1%	3%

White	83%	48%

Hawaiian	1%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.29	0.36

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	40%	38%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	5%	5%

Matanuska-susitna Borough School District's student population of 18,028 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $15,991 in this district is less than the state average of $27,880. The district revenue/student has grown by 23% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $19,837 is less than the state average of $27,459. The district spending/student has grown by 28% over four years.

School District Name	Matanuska-susitna Borough School District
Number of Schools Managed	45	4
Number of Students Managed	18,028	399

District Total Revenue	$284 MM	$11 MM

District Spending	$353 MM	$11 MM

District Revenue / Student	$15,991	$27,880

District Spending / Student	$19,837	$27,459

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