Enrollment
205
Middle
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000543
Homer Middle School
500 Sterling Hwy, Homer, AK 99603 · (907) 235-5700 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Alaska public middle schools
- ATest 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
13.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
80 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 7 | 98 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 52% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
44.7%
AK avg 36.1% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
AK avg 34.6% . -14.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 60.5% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Homer Middle School
Homer Middle School's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Middle School this school | 205 | 39.0% | 50.9% |
| George H. Gilson Middle School Valdez | 143 | 35.0% | 44.2% |
| Skyview Middle School Soldotna | 355 | 33.2% | 29.9% |
| Kenai Middle School Kenai | 408 | 43.4% | 35.4% |
| Seward Middle School Seward | 104 | 36.5% | 34.3% |
| Palmer Middle School Palmer | 563 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
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 Homer Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #3 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #7 of 29 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #6 of 29 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #25 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #4 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #15 of 29 |
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
205
+69 (+51%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 192
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 205 | 14.8 | 13.9:1 | 39% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 13.3 | 13.8:1 | 30% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 13.1 | 13.6:1 | 33% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 13 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 13.3 | 14.3:1 | 36% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 13 | 14.6:1 | 37% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 36% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 13 | 16.9:1 | 25% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homer Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (191 to 205); teachers up 11% (13.3 to 14.8).
About Homer Middle School
Homer Middle School serves students in Homer, Alaska, as a small middle-grades school. The school enrolls 205 students, from grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Alaska is about 399, so this school runs 49% smaller than that.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is made up of 42 schools with 8,510 students in all.
At Homer Middle School, White students make up 74% of the student body. The school is also 15% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 4% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 14.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Alaska. Roughly 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Homer Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Alaska public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Homer Middle School is 11.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 50.9%. Predicted: 39.9%.
In the county around the school, Kenai Peninsula Borough, the median household income is $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 42 public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough, enrolling about 8,510 students in all.
Nearest public school: Fireweed Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Homer Middle School ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 136 in 2020-21 and 205 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.5:1 to 13.9:1.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other schools in Homer
- Homer High SchoolHigh · 357 students
- West Homer ElementaryElementary · 211 students
- Paul Banks ElementaryElementary · 189 students
- McNeil Canyon ElementaryElementary · 144 students
- Fireweed AcademyElementary · 104 students
- Razdolna SchoolCombined · 74 students
Other Homer Middle schools
One other US public school is named Homer Middle. Homer Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Homer Middle SchoolHOMER, MI · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Fireweed Academy0.4 mi · 104
- West Homer Elementary0.4 mi · 211
- Homer High School1.1 mi · 357
- Homer Flex School1.3 mi · 36
- Paul Banks Elementary1.8 mi · 189
- Nikolaevsk School11.8 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Homer Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Homer Middle School?
Homer Middle School enrolls approximately 205 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Homer Middle School serve?
Homer Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Homer Middle School have?
Homer Middle School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Homer Middle School?
Student demographics at Homer Middle School are roughly 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Homer Middle School?
Homer Middle School is overseen by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
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