Mat-Su Secondary School

Mat-Su Secondary School operates as a rural-scale senior high in Palmer, Alaska, part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 10 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 373 students per school, that is 97% below typical.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 19,495 students. Mat-Su Secondary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mat-Su Secondary School shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Native American, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mat-Su Secondary School lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Matanuska-Susitna Borough indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,031 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), of which Mat-Su Secondary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Palmer Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mat-Su Secondary School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mat-Su Secondary School has shrank 9%, going from 11 students in 2018 to 10 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.