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Enrollment
545
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000063
Central Middle School of Science
1405 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501 · (907) 742-5100 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Alaska public middle schools
- C-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
22.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
432 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 6 | 187 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 33% |
Student demographics
84%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
22.9%
AK avg 36.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
19.5%
AK avg 34.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 18.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 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 Central Middle School of Science
Central Middle School of Science's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Middle School of Science this school | 545 | 79.3% | 20.8% |
| Wendler Middle School Anchorage | 602 | 72.6% | 20.1% |
| Nicholas J. Begich Middle School Anchorage | 830 | 76.5% | 18.9% |
| Ryan Middle School Fairbanks | 463 | 48.6% | 23.5% |
| Hanshew Middle School Anchorage | 822 | 39.2% | 26.8% |
| Tanana Middle School Fairbanks | 523 | 34.8% | 30.4% |
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 Central Middle School of Science ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #22 of 26 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #26 of 29 no change | #7 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #25 of 29 ▲ 1 | #6 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #12 of 35 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #21 of 25 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 84.4% | #1 of 25 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #2 of 29 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.1% | #7 of 10 | N/A |
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
545
+188 (+53%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 545 | 24.5 | 22.2:1 | 79% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 81% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 21.3 | 17.4:1 | 80% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 23 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 25.7 | 17.1:1 | 74% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 60% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 50% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 39 | 20.0:1 | 30% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 27 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Middle School of Science.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (439 to 545); teachers down 5% (25.7 to 24.5).
About Central Middle School of Science
At 1405 E St in Anchorage, Alaska, Central Middle School of Science operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. In all, 545 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. It has 37% more students than the average for middle schools in Alaska (about 399).
Anchorage School District has 40,587 students spread across 92 schools.
White students account for 22% of enrollment at Central Middle School of Science, more than any other group. The remaining students are 18% Pacific Islander, 16% Hispanic, 14% Native American, and 12% multiracial. Among people living in Anchorage Municipality, the White share is about 57%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Central Middle School of Science scores 84%.
The school has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.2 students per teacher. Middle schools in Alaska have an average ratio of 17.5:1. The school reported 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the average is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Middle School of Science lands at C-, ahead of 17% of Alaska public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Central Middle School of Science would score about 25.9%. It scores 20.8%, 5.1 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Anchorage Municipality show that the median household earns about $103,284 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anchorage Municipality counts 99 public schools with about 41,241 students.
Chugach Optional Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Central Middle School of Science, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Central Middle School of Science holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 49.0%, higher than Central Middle School of Science's 20.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2020-21 the school reported 357 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 545. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.5:1 to 22.2:1.
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Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Nearby schools
- Chugach Optional Elementary0.2 mi · 275
- AKChoice K-12 Learning0.3 mi · 283
- Denali Montessori Elementary0.4 mi · 361
- North Star Elementary0.6 mi · 317
- Inlet View Elementary0.6 mi · 190
- Steller Secondary School0.7 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Central Middle School of ScienceHow large is Central Middle School of Science?
Central Middle School of Science enrolls approximately 545 students in grades 06-08.
Is Central Middle School of Science an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Middle School of Science is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Central Middle School of Science have?
Central Middle School of Science employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
How diverse is Central Middle School of Science?
Central Middle School of Science reports a student body of 22% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Central Middle School of Science in?
Central Middle School of Science is part of Anchorage School District.
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