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What's one thing Hanshew Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000534
Hanshew Middle School
10121 Lake Otis Pkwy, Anchorage, AK 99507 · (907) 349-1561 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
33.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
322 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 263 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 34% |
Student demographics
82%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
28.4%
AK avg 36.1% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
32.7%
AK avg 34.6% . +5.7pp 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 33 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 32.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 27.0% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Hanshew Middle School
Hanshew Middle School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshew Middle School this school | 822 | 39.2% | 26.8% |
| Romig Middle School Anchorage | 1,138 | 39.2% | 44.7% |
| Ryan Middle School Fairbanks | 463 | 48.6% | 23.5% |
| Tanana Middle School Fairbanks | 523 | 34.8% | 30.4% |
| Thunder Mountain Middle School Juneau | 574 | 24.0% | N/A |
| North Pole Middle School North Pole | 631 | 33.9% | 35.2% |
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 Hanshew Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #19 of 26 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #15 of 29 ▲ 5 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #20 of 29 no change | #5 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #3 of 35 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 33.1:1 | #25 of 25 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 81.5% | #5 of 25 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.2% | #14 of 29 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.5% | #8 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
822
+190 (+30%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,281
Student : Teacher
33.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 822 | 24.8 | 33.1:1 | 39% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 30.8 | 18.9:1 | 42% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 27.4 | 25.2:1 | 42% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 39.4 | 17.3:1 | 43% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 39% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 756 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 46% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 53 | 17.1:1 | 15% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 1,281 | 54 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanshew Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (682 to 822); teachers down 37% (39.4 to 24.8).
About Hanshew Middle School
As a high-enrollment middle school, Hanshew Middle School serves students in Anchorage, Alaska. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 822 students. By comparison, middle schools in Alaska enroll about 399 students on average.
Anchorage School District serves 40,587 students across 92 schools.
About 29% of students at Hanshew Middle School are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 21% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 12% Native American. Among all residents of Anchorage Municipality, the White share is about 57%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 82%.
Hanshew Middle School lists 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 33.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Alaska is 17.5:1. About 39% of students at Hanshew Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 49% average among public schools in Anchorage Municipality.
Hanshew Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alaska schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.8% and a predicted 39.9%.
In Anchorage Municipality, median household income comes to about $103,284, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Anchorage Municipality counts 99 public schools with about 41,241 students.
Hanshew Middle School's nearest public school is Spring Hill Elementary (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Hanshew Middle School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Hanshew Middle School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 822, from 632 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 33.1 students per teacher, compared with 17.1 in 2020-21.
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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
- Spring Hill Elementary0.2 mi · 291
- FOCUS Homeschool0.7 mi · 549
- Alaska Native Cultural Charter School0.9 mi · 357
- Bowman Elementary1.2 mi · 536
- Huffman Elementary1.5 mi · 268
- Trailside Elementary1.6 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Hanshew Middle SchoolHow large is Hanshew Middle School?
Hanshew Middle School enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hanshew Middle School serve?
Hanshew Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hanshew Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hanshew Middle School is approximately 33.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hanshew Middle School?
Hanshew Middle School reports a student body of 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Is Hanshew Middle School public or private?
Hanshew Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.