Regular local school district · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, AK: schools, enrollment and spending
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District runs 49 public schools with 19,495 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Alaska figure of 19.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 49
- Students
- 19,495
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,015
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- AK: 19.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 501 N Gulkana St, Palmer, AK 99645
- Phone
- (907)746-9200
- County
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0200510
- State district ID
- AK-33
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,257
- School counselors (FTE)
- 45.0About 433 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 100.0
- Charter schools
- 8
Students per teacher compared
This district19.2
Alaska19.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (18,220), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $322.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $32.8 million
- State revenue
- $224.5 million
- Local revenue
- $65.0 million
- Total spending
- $321.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,634
- Salaries
- $151.3 million47.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $288.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 69.6%
- Local: 20.2%
Alaska overall
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 62.2%
- Local: 21.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,634
Alaska$21,336
United States$16,826
Schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
By level: 10 high, 3 middle, 27 elementary, 9 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Academy Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 268 | 13.4 |
| American Charter AcademyCharter | Other | K to 12 | 193 | 16.1 |
| Beryozova SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 39 | 19.5 |
| Big Lake ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 362 | 16.5 |
| Birchtree Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 416 | 18.1 |
| Burchell High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 200 | 16.7 |
| Butte Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 263 | 13.2 |
| Colony High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,046 | 20.5 |
| Colony Middle School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 771 | 20.8 |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 422 | 16.2 |
| Dena'ina Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 396 | 15.2 |
| Finger Lake Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 445 | 16.5 |
| Fred and Sara Machetanz Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 468 | 18.7 |
| Fronteras Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 336 | 17.7 |
| Glacier View School | Other | K to 12 | 24 | 8.0 |
| Goose Bay Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 305 | 14.5 |
| Houston High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 337 | 13.5 |
| Houston Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 318 | 13.8 |
| Iditarod ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 424 | 16.3 |
| Joe Redington Senior Junior/Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 497 | 16.0 |
| John Shaw Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 507 | 16.9 |
| Knik Charter Correspondence SchoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 34 | 34.0 |
| Knik Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 189 | 13.5 |
| Knik Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 263 | 16.4 |
| Larson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 319 | 15.2 |
| Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School | High | 9 to 12 | 705 | 16.8 |
| Mat-Su Central School | Other | K to 12 | 2,780 | 99.3 |
| Mat-Su Day School | Other | K to 12 | 70 | 5.0 |
| Mat-Su Middle College School | High | 8 to 12 | 222 | 111.0 |
| Mat-Su Secondary School | High | 6 to 12 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Meadow Lakes ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 308 | 12.3 |
| Midnight Sun Family Learning CenterCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 189 | 23.6 |
| Palmer High School | High | 9 to 12 | 616 | 16.6 |
| Palmer Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 563 | 19.4 |
| Pioneer Peak Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 449 | 15.5 |
| Sherrod ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 383 | 16.7 |
| Snowshoe Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 346 | 15.0 |
| Susitna Valley High | High | 6 to 12 | 233 | 14.6 |
| Sutton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 54 | 10.8 |
| Swanson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 348 | 13.4 |
| Talkeetna Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 121 | 12.1 |
| Tanaina ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 324 | 14.7 |
| Teeland Middle School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 643 | 18.4 |
| Trapper Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 601 | 120.2 |
| Valley PathwaysCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 143 | 14.3 |
| Wasilla High School | High | 9 to 12 | 816 | 18.1 |
| Wasilla Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 584 | 20.1 |
| Willow ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 127 | 12.7 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.