Enrollment
73
Middle
DISTRICT 100 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNETTE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020052500111
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School
89 4th Ave, Metlakatla, AK 99926 · (907) 886-6095 · Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL73 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Alaska public middle schools
- DTest 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
10.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
70 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 6 | 23 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 36% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School→Metlakatla High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Annette Island School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
AK avg 36.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
AK avg 34.6%
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 points since 2023.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | N/A |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School this school | 73 | 95.9% | 18.2% |
| Anvil City Science Academy Nome | 60 | 100.0% | 43.2% |
| Mitkof Middle School Petersburg | 114 | 66.7% | 52.3% |
| Houston Middle School Houston | 318 | 74.2% | 24.9% |
| 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 Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 73 | #31 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
73
-15 (-17%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 69
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 73 | 7.2 | 10.1:1 | 96% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 7 | 11.0:1 | 95% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 8.5 | 8.7:1 | 95% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 88 | 8 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 60 | 7.4 | 8.2:1 | 85% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 60 | 6 | 10.0:1 | 80% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 59 | 4 | 14.8:1 | 46% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 69 | 4 | 17.3:1 | 83% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (60 to 73); teachers down 1% (7.4 to 7.2).
About Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School is a very small middle school with an address in Metlakatla, Alaska. It had 73 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Alaska have about 399 students on average; enrollment here is 82% lower.
Annette Island School District counts 301 students in its 3 schools, and Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School is one of them.
Native American students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 5, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.1 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Alaska is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Alaska public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Alaska schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.2%; the prediction is 20.2%.
Looking at the county, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, the median household earns about $61,156 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area has 20 public schools with about 1,441 students, including Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School.
Metlakatla High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Nearby schools with test data average 30.7% proficiency; Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School posts 18.2%.
In the federal locale system, Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school shrank from 88 students in 2020-21 to 73 in 2024-25.
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Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,715
Census ACS
Median income
$61,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
1,441 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Annette Island School District
- Richard Johnson ElementaryElementary · 130 students
- Metlakatla High SchoolHigh · 98 students
Other schools in Metlakatla
- Richard Johnson ElementaryElementary · 130 students
- Metlakatla High SchoolHigh · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Metlakatla High School0.1 mi · 98
- Richard Johnson Elementary0.1 mi · 130
- Fawn Mountain Elementary12.8 mi · 210
- Schoenbar Middle School15.2 mi · 252
- Ketchikan Charter School15.4 mi · 190
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter School15.4 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle SchoolHow large is Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School?
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School enrolls approximately 73 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School serve?
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School is approximately 10.1:1 (7 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School?
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School reports a student body of 3% Black.
Who oversees Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School?
Charles R. Leask Sr. Middle School is overseen by Annette Island School District in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area.
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