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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000229
Mirror Lake Middle School
22901 Lake Hill Dr, Chugiak, AK 99567 · (907) 742-3500 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
125 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 204 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 33% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
42.4%
AK avg 36.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
AK avg 34.6% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 46.2% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mirror Lake Middle School
Mirror Lake Middle School's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror Lake Middle School this school | 571 | 21.9% | 45.6% |
| Randy Smith Middle School Fairbanks | 413 | 29.3% | 41.9% |
| North Pole Middle School North Pole | 631 | 33.9% | 35.2% |
| Gruening Middle School Eagle River | 797 | 19.6% | 47.0% |
| Thunder Mountain Middle School Juneau | 574 | 24.0% | N/A |
| Skyview Middle School Soldotna | 355 | 33.2% | 29.9% |
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 Mirror Lake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #6 of 26 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #3 of 29 ▲ 3 | #1 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #7 of 29 ▼ 2 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #10 of 35 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #22 of 25 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #20 of 25 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #28 of 29 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #5 of 11 | N/A |
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
571
+85 (+17%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 571 | 24.3 | 23.6:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 29.5 | 18.6:1 | 19% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 28.7 | 19.6:1 | 21% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 39.2 | 17.4:1 | 25% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 19% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 18% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 9% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mirror Lake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (683 to 571); teachers down 38% (39.2 to 24.3).
About Mirror Lake Middle School
Mirror Lake Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Chugiak, Alaska, one of the schools in Anchorage School District. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 571 students. The average for middle schools in Alaska is about 399 students, so this school is 43% above average.
The 92 schools in Anchorage School District enroll 40,587 students altogether, Mirror Lake Middle School among them.
Roughly 66% of students at Mirror Lake Middle School are White. The rest of enrollment is 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. Among all residents of Anchorage Municipality, the White share is about 57%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Mirror Lake Middle School's 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.6:1. On average, middle schools in Alaska have 17.5:1, compared with 23.6:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 22%. That rate is below the 49% average among public schools in Anchorage Municipality.
Mirror Lake Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.6% is within a point of the 45.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Anchorage Municipality show that the median household income is $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality, enrolling about 41,241 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Chugiak Elementary is the closest, at about 2.2 miles. Mirror Lake Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Mirror Lake Middle School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Mirror Lake Middle School is Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Mirror Lake Middle School's enrollment climbed 17%, to 571. By 2024-25, the school had 23.6 students per teacher, compared with 15.2 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Mirror Lake Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Chugiak
- Chugiak High SchoolHigh · 928 students
- Chugiak ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Chugiak Elementary2.2 mi · 439
- Birchwood ABC Elementary5.1 mi · 246
- Chugiak High School5.4 mi · 928
- Fire Lake Elementary7.0 mi · 195
- Snowshoe Elementary7.6 mi · 346
- Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr.7.9 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Mirror Lake Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mirror Lake Middle School?
Mirror Lake Middle School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mirror Lake Middle School serve?
Mirror Lake Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mirror Lake Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mirror Lake Middle School is approximately 23.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mirror Lake Middle School?
At Mirror Lake Middle School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Mirror Lake Middle School public or private?
Mirror Lake Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.