Houston Middle School

As a cozy intermediate school in Houston, Alaska, Houston Middle School educates 318 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. That puts it 20% smaller than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 399 students.

Houston Middle School is one of 49 schools operated by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, a district that teaches 19,495 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Houston Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 11% Native American, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Houston Middle School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Houston Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Houston Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Matanuska-Susitna Borough's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Houston Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 24.9%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Matanuska-Susitna Borough shows the typical household earns roughly $94,031 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), of which Houston Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Houston High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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