Best Middle Schools in Alaska

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alaska test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAR and ASA test scores by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr. The most recent update was on Friday, August 30, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 91)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
020060000259	21	Barnette Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1000 Barnette St	Fairbanks	99701	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 456-6072	423	27	15.8	25.5%	263 (62.2%)	11 (2.6%)	40 (9.5%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (19.6%)	$15,672			$926			$14,745	73.2	72.3	17	4
020018000530	22	Frontier Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	400 W Northern Lights Blvd #9	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 742-1180	628	5	125.6		366 (58.3%)	23 (3.7%)	69 (11.0%)	20 (3.2%)	45 (7.2%)	19 (3.0%)	86 (13.7%)	$10,604			$358			$10,246	72.6	71.9	20	2
020018000178	23	Family Partnership Correspondence School	Public, Alternative	K-12	4400 Business Park Blvd # B22	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3700	984	20	50.4		686 (69.7%)	27 (2.7%)	87 (8.8%)	21 (2.1%)	56 (5.7%)	15 (1.5%)	92 (9.3%)	$9,640			$317			$9,322	71	91.3	5	18
020024000136	24	Blatchley Middle School	Public	6-8	601 Halibut Point Rd	Sitka	99835	Sitka City and Borough	Sitka School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 747-8672	248	20	12.5	34.7%	122 (49.2%)	2 (0.8%)	17 (6.9%)	22 (8.9%)	57 (23.0%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (10.9%)								70.8	66.3	24
020006000029	25	Cordova Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 Fisherman Ave	Cordova	99574	Chugach Census Area	Cordova City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 424-3266	135	12	11.7	77.8%	61 (45.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	29 (21.5%)	37 (27.4%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (3.0%)	$23,091			$2,489			$20,602	69.9	58	41	16
020018000077	26	Girdwood School	Public	PK, KG-8	680 Hightower	Girdwood	99587	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-5300	175	15	11.8	9.7%	143 (81.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.0%)	3 (1.7%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.7%)	$18,027			$1,187			$16,840	69.5	80.5	12	14
020018010162	27	Goldenview Middle School	Public	7-8	15800 Goldenview Dr	Anchorage	99516	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 348-8626	668	34	19.7	14.5%	413 (61.8%)	9 (1.3%)	77 (11.5%)	44 (6.6%)	34 (5.1%)	13 (1.9%)	78 (11.7%)	$14,294			$901			$13,393	69.1	65.3	27
020021000755	28	Montessori Borealis Public Alternative School	Public	PK, KG-8	1415 Glacier Ave - Marie Drake	Juneau	99801	Juneau City and Borough	Juneau Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 523-1848	198	13	15.4	8.6%	130 (65.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (11.1%)	3 (1.5%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (18.2%)	$15,917			$817			$15,100	68	59.3	36	8
020051000224	29	Mat-Su Central School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	600 E Railroad Ave #6	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	Yes	No	(907) 352-7480	2,558	25	102.3		1,910 (74.7%)	24 (0.9%)	150 (5.9%)	26 (1.0%)	104 (4.1%)	3 (0.1%)	341 (13.3%)	$8,093			$260			$7,833	64.6	50.4	46	17
020051000740	30	Fronteras Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2315 N Seward Meridian Pky	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 376-2223	347	18	19.2		207 (59.7%)	2 (0.6%)	88 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	3 (0.9%)	41 (11.8%)	$14,531			$114			$14,417	64	88.7	8	22

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAR English Language Arts, STAR Mathematics, ASA Science test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
These rankings were last updated on August 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.