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.

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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