Enrollment
214
Middle
DISTRICT 168 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020061000139
Eben Hopson Middle School
6501 Transit St, Utqiagvik, AK 99723 · (907) 852-9700 · North Slope Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Alaska public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
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
14.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
92 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 86 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 29% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within North Slope Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
12.5%
AK avg 36.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
13.1%
AK avg 34.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.5% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 8.2% | 11.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Eben Hopson Middle School
Eben Hopson Middle School's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eben Hopson Middle School this school | 214 | 43.0% | 11.5% |
| Schoenbar Middle School Ketchikan | 252 | 34.9% | 33.0% |
| Blatchley Middle School Sitka | 241 | 30.7% | 54.5% |
| George H. Gilson Middle School Valdez | 143 | 35.0% | 44.2% |
| Kenai Middle School Kenai | 408 | 43.4% | 35.4% |
| Ryan Middle School Fairbanks | 463 | 48.6% | 23.5% |
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 Eben Hopson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #26 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #28 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #28 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #24 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #24 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #3 of 11 |
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
214
-54 (-20%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 266
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 214 | 14.5 | 14.8:1 | 43% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 21 | 10.5:1 | 40% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 35% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 46% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 234 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 46% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 31% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 9% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eben Hopson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (259 to 214); teachers down 24% (19 to 14.5).
About Eben Hopson Middle School
At 6501 Transit St in Utqiagvik, Alaska, Eben Hopson Middle School operates as a small middle school. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 214 students enrolled. That is 46% below the average of about 399 students for middle schools in Alaska.
North Slope Borough School District runs 11 schools with a combined 1,853 students. Eben Hopson Middle School is one of them.
Native American students are 73% of those enrolled at Eben Hopson Middle School. The next largest groups are 14% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Eben Hopson Middle School reported 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.8:1. Middle schools in Alaska have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Roughly 43% of students at Eben Hopson Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in North Slope Borough average a similar 40%.
Eben Hopson Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Alaska public middle schools.
Eben Hopson Middle School is a bottom-10% school in Alaska on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 11.5% against a predicted 38.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for North Slope Borough show that the median household earns about $95,694 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across North Slope Borough, 11 public schools serve about 1,853 students.
Among nearby public schools, Kiita Learning Community is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Eben Hopson Middle School.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 214, down from 268 in 2020-21.
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North Slope Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,810
Census ACS
Median income
$95,694
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Slope Borough School District
- Fred Ipalook ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Barrow High SchoolHigh · 259 students
- Tikigaq SchoolCombined · 230 students
- Nuiqsut Trapper SchoolCombined · 143 students
- Alak SchoolCombined · 138 students
- Nunamiut SchoolCombined · 112 students
Other schools in Utqiagvik
- Fred Ipalook ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Barrow High SchoolHigh · 259 students
- Kiita Learning CommunityHigh · 39 students
Nearby schools
- Kiita Learning Community0.3 mi · 39
- Fred Ipalook Elementary0.5 mi · 494
- Barrow High School0.8 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Eben Hopson Middle SchoolHow many students attend Eben Hopson Middle School?
Eben Hopson Middle School enrolls approximately 214 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Eben Hopson Middle School serve?
Eben Hopson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Eben Hopson Middle School have?
Eben Hopson Middle School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eben Hopson Middle School?
At Eben Hopson Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Eben Hopson Middle School?
Eben Hopson Middle School is overseen by North Slope Borough School District in North Slope Borough.
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