Enrollment
318
Middle
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000450
Houston Middle School
12801 W Hawk Ln, Houston, AK 99694 · (907) 892-9500 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Alaska public middle schools
- C-Test 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
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
236 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 91 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 35% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
24.3%
AK avg 36.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
AK avg 34.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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, while math scores are up about 4 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.3% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 19.9% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Houston Middle School
Houston Middle School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Middle School this school | 318 | 74.2% | 24.9% |
| Mitkof Middle School Petersburg | 114 | 66.7% | 52.3% |
| Wasilla Middle School Wasilla | 584 | 48.6% | 32.5% |
| Palmer Middle School Palmer | 563 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
| Kenai Middle School Kenai | 408 | 43.4% | 35.4% |
| Homer Middle School Homer | 205 | 39.0% | 50.9% |
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 Houston Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #20 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #22 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #23 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #21 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #3 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #4 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
318
+80 (+34%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 238.0:1
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 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 74% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 19.7 | 17.5:1 | 67% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 18.9 | 17.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 1 | 238.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 23.5 | 16.2:1 | 77% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 62% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 64% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (382 to 318); teachers down 2% (23.5 to 23).
About Houston Middle School
Houston Middle School serves students in Houston, Alaska, as a small middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 318 students. That is 20% below the average of about 399 students for middle schools in Alaska.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District has a total of 49 schools and 19,495 students, Houston Middle School among them.
Of every 100 students at Houston Middle School, about 68 are White. It is also 14% multiracial, 11% Native American, and 5% Hispanic. Matanuska-Susitna Borough's residents are about 77% White, 9 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
The school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.8 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 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 45% for public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Among Alaska public middle schools, Houston Middle School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Alaska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Houston Middle School's results are 2.8 points below predicted: 24.9% against 27.7%.
In Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the median household earns about $94,031 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 49 public schools serve about 19,495 students.
The closest school to Houston Middle School is Houston High School, located about 0.2 miles away. Houston Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 32.0% on proficiency, and Houston Middle School is below that at 24.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 34% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 238.0 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
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Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other Houston Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Houston Middle. Houston Middle School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Houston Middle SchoolGermantown, TN · 972 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHOBBS, NM · 822 students
- Houston Middle SchoolIRVING, TX · 758 students
- Houston Middle SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 556 students
- Houston Middle SchoolHouston, MS · 352 students
Nearby schools
- Houston High School0.2 mi · 337
- Big Lake Elementary3.6 mi · 362
- American Charter Academy4.6 mi · 193
- Midnight Sun Family Learning Center4.6 mi · 189
- Meadow Lakes Elementary5.2 mi · 308
- Goose Bay Elementary6.1 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Houston Middle School?
Houston Middle School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Houston Middle School serve?
Houston Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Houston Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Houston Middle School.
How diverse is Houston Middle School?
Houston Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Houston Middle School?
Houston Middle School is overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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