Rabbit Creek Elementary

Rabbit Creek Elementary is a pre-K–6 neighborhood school in Anchorage, Alaska, serving roughly 288 students and earning a 4-star rating that places it in the 83rd percentile of elementary schools statewide. While it has slipped slightly from the elite top-10 status it held in the late 2010s, it remains a strong and reliable academic performer within the Anchorage School District, ranking 28th out of 166 Alaska elementary schools.

The school’s most striking academic strength is science, where 77.4% of students score proficient—nearly double the district average of 39.1% and the state average of 37.8%. In its immediate area, only Bear Valley Elementary scores higher in science, at 80.0%. Math is similarly robust: 56.4% proficiency easily outpaces the district’s 35.7% and the state’s 32.2%, though Bear Valley (70.5%) and Huffman Elementary (62.0%) do outrank it. For parents, it’s also worth noting that Rabbit Creek achieves these strong results while spending less per student ($14,715) than nearby schools that post considerably lower scores.

English Language Arts (ELA) is a relative soft spot. At 49.4% proficiency, Rabbit Creek still clears district (36.0%) and state (32.9%) averages, but it trails Bear Valley (62.5%) and Huffman (64.6%). Grade-level data suggests this may stem from earlier grades, as 3rd-grade reading (36%) is only slightly above the district norm, while 5th-grade reading (60.3%) is far above it—a sign of strong upper-elementary gains. The primary areas to watch, however, are internal gaps: female students rank markedly higher than male students, and performance among low-income students has declined in recent years as that population has grown. That said, the school’s support for special education students is a clear bright spot, ranking in the 80th percentile statewide.