Enrollment
60
Middle
DISTRICT 168 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 020057000323
Anvil City Science Academy
Mile 3.5 Nome-Teller Hwy, Nome, AK 99762 · (907) 443-6207 · Nome Census Area
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL60 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Alaska public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
60 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 15 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
AK avg 36.1% . -13.1pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
AK avg 34.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 45.8% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Alaska's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anvil City Science Academy
Anvil City Science Academy's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anvil City Science Academy this school | 60 | 100.0% | 43.2% |
| Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School Metlakatla | 73 | 95.9% | 18.2% |
| Houston Middle School Houston | 318 | 74.2% | 24.9% |
| Mitkof Middle School Petersburg | 114 | 66.7% | 52.3% |
| Wendler Middle School Anchorage | 602 | 72.6% | 20.1% |
| Eben Hopson Middle School Utqiagvik | 214 | 43.0% | 11.5% |
Matched among Alaska middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anvil City Science Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 60 | #33 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
60
+2 (+3%) vs 2020
+161% since 2000-01, when it was 23
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60 | 4.7 | 12.8:1 | 100% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 60 | 5 | 12.0:1 | 100% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 59 | 4.5 | 13.1:1 | 100% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 58 | 5 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 60 | 4.1 | 14.6:1 | 5% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 61 | 2 | 30.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 44 | 2 | 22.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 23 | 1 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anvil City Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (60 to 60); teachers up 15% (4.1 to 4.7).
About Anvil City Science Academy
Federal records list Anvil City Science Academy as a middle-grades school in Nome, Alaska. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 60 students. By comparison, middle schools in Alaska enroll about 399 students on average.
The district for Anvil City Science Academy is Nome Public Schools, with 4 schools and 672 students.
The biggest share of students at Anvil City Science Academy, 40%, is Native American. Next come 35% multiracial and 23% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Anvil City Science Academy has 4.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.8:1. Middle schools in Alaska average 17.5:1, 4.7 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Anvil City Science Academy. The figure for public schools in Nome Census Area is close, at 97%.
Anvil City Science Academy earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Alaska public middle schools.
Anvil City Science Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Alaska are predicted to post 18.7%, so the school is 24.5 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
The county, Nome Census Area, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $78,681, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county's public schools total 19, with about 2,417 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Extensions Correspondence, is the closest to Anvil City Science Academy. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 3.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area. Anvil City Science Academy is one of the charter schools in Alaska.
Enrollment rose by 3% across 4 years, from 58 in 2020-21 to 60 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.6:1 to 12.8:1.
The allk12 page for Anvil City Science Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Nome Census Area at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,866
Census ACS
Median income
$78,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
2,417 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nome Public Schools
- Nome ElementaryElementary · 306 students
- Nome-Beltz Middle/HighHigh · 274 students
- Extensions CorrespondenceCombined · 32 students
Other schools in Nome
- Nome ElementaryElementary · 306 students
- Nome-Beltz Middle/HighHigh · 274 students
- Extensions CorrespondenceCombined · 32 students
Nearby schools
- Extensions Correspondence0.0 mi · 32
- Nome-Beltz Middle/High0.0 mi · 274
- Nome Elementary3.1 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Anvil City Science AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Anvil City Science Academy?
Anvil City Science Academy enrolls approximately 60 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Anvil City Science Academy serve?
Anvil City Science Academy serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Anvil City Science Academy have?
Anvil City Science Academy employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Anvil City Science Academy?
Student demographics at Anvil City Science Academy are roughly 23% White, 35% Two or more.
Is Anvil City Science Academy public or private?
Anvil City Science Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Nome Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.