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Northern Lights Abc K-8 School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2424 East Dowling Rd

Anchorage AK, 99507, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-742-7500

Ranking:

(1 out of 305, top 0%)*

Type: Other/Alternative School, Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Anchorage School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	29		28		29		29		27		28		29
Total Students:	605		613		627		617		624		607		633
Kindergarten:	66	10.9%	62	10.1%	65	10.4%	63	10.2%	66	10.6%	66	10.9%	75	11.8%
Grade 1:	66	10.9%	65	10.6%	66	10.5%	66	10.7%	65	10.4%	68	11.2%	66	10.4%
Grade 2:	71	11.7%	71	11.6%	71	11.3%	72	11.7%	72	11.5%	72	11.9%	73	11.5%
Grade 3:	74	12.2%	76	12.4%	75	12.0%	74	12.0%	75	12.0%	74	12.2%	74	11.7%
Grade 4:	73	12.1%	75	12.2%	81	12.9%	75	12.2%	81	13.0%	78	12.9%	82	13.0%
Grade 5:	71	11.7%	77	12.6%	76	12.1%	81	13.1%	81	13.0%	81	13.3%	82	13.0%
Grade 6:	76	12.6%	73	11.9%	80	12.8%	81	13.1%	78	12.5%	73	12.0%	82	13.0%
Grade 7:	58	9.6%	58	9.5%	59	9.4%	60	9.7%	53	8.5%	59	9.7%	45	7.1%
Grade 8:	50	8.3%	56	9.1%	54	8.6%	45	7.3%	53	8.5%	36	5.9%	54	8.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	291	48.1%	287	46.8%	285	45.5%	280	45.4%	290	46.5%	284	46.8%	275	43.4%
Female:	314	51.9%	326	53.2%	342	54.5%	337	54.6%	334	53.5%	323	53.2%	275	43.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	2.6%	16	2.6%	18	2.9%	21	3.4%	28	4.5%	29	4.8%	30	4.7%
Asian:	144	23.8%	148	24.1%	140	22.3%	131	21.2%	128	20.5%	117	19.3%	116	18.3%
Hispanic:	56	9.3%	52	8.5%	51	8.1%	49	7.9%	52	8.3%	45	7.4%	37	5.8%
Black:	19	3.1%	17	2.8%	17	2.7%	22	3.6%	26	4.2%	25	4.1%	27	4.3%
White:	262	43.3%	272	44.4%	293	46.7%	304	49.3%	310	49.7%	313	51.6%	344	54.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	9	1.5%	8	1.3%	10	1.6%	8	1.3%	9	1.4%	10	1.6%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	99	16.4%	100	16.3%	98	15.6%	82	13.3%	71	11.4%	68	11.2%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	108	17.9%	86	14.0%	83	13.2%	70	11.3%	70	11.2%	67	11.0%	61	9.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	4.6%	27	4.4%	31	4.9%	32	5.2%	27	4.3%	26	4.3%	24	3.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.56		21.65		21.58		21.54		22.94		21.50		22.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
SBA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	79.2%	78.7%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	78.4%	76.7%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.5%	78.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	78.9%	77.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	76.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	80.8%	78.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	80.9%	79.7%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	82.7%	79.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.89%	84.63%	80.10%
2005	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	77.7%	74.7%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	78.8%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	73.2%	68.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	76.6%	73.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	77.4%	75.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	76.9%	74.3%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	75%	73.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	77.3%	75.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.94%	77.24%	73.90%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82%	78.1%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	82%	79.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	83.8%	81.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.5%	78%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.41%	79.50%	77.10%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	49.2%	46.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	45.4%	46.3%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	50.9%	49.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	50.8%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.01%	53.51%	49.90%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.61%	53.16%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	79.9%	76.3%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	83.9%	79.6%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	81.8%	78.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	79.5%	78.6%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.20%	81.06%	76.60%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.9%	73.4%	69.7%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.2%	73.5%	70.4%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95%	77.7%	76%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.59%	75.29%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	84.5%	83.1%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.59%	81.69%	N/A
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	80.9%	77.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	79%	74.8%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	78.3%	75.2%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.59%	78.51%	N/A
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	70.5%	64.9%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	78.7%	74.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	76.8%	74.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.6%	71.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.1%	84.8%	80.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	84.5%	80.8%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96%	81%	79.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.9%	76.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.52%	79.89%	77.70%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.65%	78.73%	N/A
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	96.1%	78.6%	72.9%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95%	77.7%	72.3%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	75.6%	72.2%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	74.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95.89%	74.04%	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95.65%	75.45%	N/A
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.6%	64.8%	61%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90%	70.8%	68.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93%	67.5%	66.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	69.9%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.22%	67.96%	66.20%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.73%	72.02%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84%	81%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	81.1%	79.7%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	80.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.22%	81.00%	79.40%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.73%	79.80%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	73.6%	70.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	73.7%	70.8%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	75.7%	73.5%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	75.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93.22%	77.04%	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.91%	76.84%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93%	64.4%	62.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92%	69.3%	64.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	65.8%	66.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	66.5%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.74%	69.18%	68.90%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.79%	67.07%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	82%	81.9%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.59%	81.89%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	53.4%	51.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	58.6%	54.9%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	60.8%	56.1%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	59.8%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.91%	60.52%	56.60%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.04%	59.67%	N/A
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	75.7%	73.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	74.2%	72.3%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.57%	76.19%	N/A

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* Northern Lights Abc K-8 School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.