The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Science. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Campbell Stem Elementary
Campbell STEM Elementary sits in the Anchorage Bowl, part of the Anchorage School District, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. The school is a neighborhood public school, not a charter or magnet, and its STEM designation signals an instructional focus on science, technology, engineering, and math woven through the elementary curriculum. The campus sits on Rovenna Street in the southern part of the municipality, where the built environment leans suburban and Campbell Creek's paved trail corridor runs nearby, connecting the area to the broader network of paths that thread through Anchorage.
The student body is one of the more diverse you will find in an Anchorage elementary school. White students make up the largest single group but do not form a majority, with the rest of the enrollment spread across Alaska Native, multiracial, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Black students. Nearly half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic mix the school serves. Data on special education enrollment and English learner status was not available in what we reviewed, so families wanting that picture should ask the school directly.
On the most recent state assessments, Campbell's results were mixed. English language arts proficiency landed in a middle band, with roughly two-fifths of tested students meeting or exceeding the state bar. Science was the strongest subject, with about half of tested students reaching proficiency, a result that stands out and aligns with the school's STEM identity. Math was the clear soft spot, with fewer than a third of tested students scoring proficient. Participation was near-universal across all subjects, which means the results reflect the full student body rather than a skewed subset. A parent may want to look into how the school is addressing math outcomes and whether its STEM programming translates into gains in that specific subject over time.
We looked for multi-year trend data to see whether these results are improving or declining, but no comparable prior-year figures were available, so the direction of change is something we cannot speak to. We also checked for program offerings, staffing details, attendance patterns, and discipline data and found little in the available material, so those dimensions are left out rather than guessed.
Anchorage itself is Alaska's largest city and its commercial hub, a place where urban amenities sit alongside immediate wilderness. The economy runs on defense, oil and natural resources, tourism, and aviation cargo, with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Providence Alaska Medical Center, and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport among the largest employers. The municipality spans from Portage Glacier to Eklutna, though most residents live in the compact Anchorage Bowl, where schools, shops, and neighborhoods are spread across a suburban landscape with strip corridors and wide roads. Campbell Creek, which gives the school its name, is one of the trail corridors that knit the city together, and the nearby Far North Bicentennial Park and Chugach State Park offer the kind of outdoor access that defines daily life here. The city's population has plateaued in recent years while the surrounding Matanuska-Susitna Valley has grown, a pattern that shapes housing and school enrollment pressure across the region.
The housing market around the school is moderately priced by national standards but sits below the Alaska state benchmark. Typical home values in the school's zip code run below both the state and national medians, and rents are modest relative to local incomes, with rent absorbing roughly a third of a typical household's earnings. Mortgage costs at current rates run higher than renting, which may factor into decisions for families considering a move into the attendance area. We looked for district-level changes that might affect families, such as curriculum shifts, referendums, or property tax adjustments, and found nothing notable reported recently.
Campbell STEM Elementary fits a family looking for a diverse neighborhood school with a science-forward identity and solid reading and science outcomes, set in a part of Anchorage with reasonable housing costs and strong trail access. The math results are the area most worth probing with the school before enrolling, and the absence of trend data means there is no clear story yet about whether performance is heading up or down.
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