Delta Junction Junior High School

Set in Delta Junction, Alaska, Delta Junction Junior High School is a very small middle school, operated by Delta/Greely School District. It hosts 128 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 399 students each, so Delta Junction Junior High School sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Delta/Greely School District, which oversees 5 schools and 971 students, Delta Junction Junior High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Delta Junction Junior High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest consists of 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Delta Junction Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Southeast Fairbanks Census Area) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,882 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Southeast Fairbanks Census Area's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,335 students), Delta Junction Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Delta Junction Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Delta Junction Junior High School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 148 (now 128). White enrollment moved from 83% to 73% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Delta Junction Junior High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.