Kenai Middle School

Kenai Middle School is a mid-tier middle-grades school in Kenai, Alaska, operated by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. The school educates 408 students in grades 6 through 8.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 8,510 students. Kenai Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Kenai Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% multiracial, 9% Native American, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Kenai Middle School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Kenai Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Kenai Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 35.4%.

In the area at large, Kenai Peninsula Borough reports that median household income runs about $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Kenai Peninsula Borough's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students), Kenai Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kenai Central High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Kenai Middle School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 19%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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