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  • Willow Crest Elementary School
  • Anchorage, AK
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Our school is a welcoming community-based, neighborhood school serving a diverse group of students and their families. We are a Title I school where the staff and students take pride in our diversity and community support. Our staff is dedicated to the continuing academic success and the social and emotional growth of all students. Our school challenges its students to make good choices, expect respect, and strive for excellence. Our students are some of the most kind, loving, and generous students you will meet. In addition to that, these students deal with many issues at home. The overcome poverty, language barriers, and cultural barriers on a daily basis. As a school community, the staff does all it can to support our students and show them the love they deserve.

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Our school is a welcoming community-based, neighborhood school serving a diverse group of students and their families. We are a Title I school where the staff and students take pride in our diversity and community support. Our staff is dedicated to the continuing academic success and the social and emotional growth of all students. Our school challenges its students to make good choices, expect respect, and strive for excellence. Our students are some of the most kind, loving, and generous students you will meet. In addition to that, these students deal with many issues at home. The overcome poverty, language barriers, and cultural barriers on a daily basis. As a school community, the staff does all it can to support our students and show them the love they deserve.

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