Mirror Lake Middle School

Located at 22901 Lake Hill Dr, in Chugiak, Alaska, Mirror Lake Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack junior high that enrolls 571 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Anchorage School District. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 399 students each, so Mirror Lake Middle School sits 43% larger than that benchmark.

Anchorage School District comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 40,587 students; Mirror Lake Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mirror Lake Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school lists 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Mirror Lake Middle School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Mirror Lake Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Mirror Lake Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anchorage Municipality (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mirror Lake Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 45.6%.

In the area at large, Anchorage Municipality reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,284 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Anchorage Municipality's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), Mirror Lake Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chugiak Elementary, around 2.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 683 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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