Enrollment
114
Middle
DISTRICT 155 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETERSBURG BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020066000604
Mitkof Middle School
500 N First St, Petersburg, AK 99833 · (907) 526-7656 · Petersburg Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Alaska public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
76 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 32% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mitkof Middle School→Petersburg High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Petersburg Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
AK avg 36.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
AK avg 34.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 48.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Alaska's top 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 Mitkof Middle School
Mitkof Middle School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitkof Middle School this school | 114 | 66.7% | 52.3% |
| Houston Middle School Houston | 318 | 74.2% | 24.9% |
| Homer Middle School Homer | 205 | 39.0% | 50.9% |
| Wasilla Middle School Wasilla | 584 | 48.6% | 32.5% |
| Seward Middle School Seward | 104 | 36.5% | 34.3% |
| Kenai Middle School Kenai | 408 | 43.4% | 35.4% |
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 Mitkof Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #2 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #5 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 114 | #29 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #6 of 29 |
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
114
+13 (+13%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 114 | 6.9 | 16.5:1 | 67% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 122 | 8.1 | 15.0:1 | 68% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 106 | 8.3 | 12.8:1 | 3% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 101 | 8 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 88 | 7.3 | 12.0:1 | 58% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 103 | 8 | 12.9:1 | 50% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 104 | 8 | 13.0:1 | 49% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 169 | 8 | 21.1:1 | 53% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 6 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitkof Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (88 to 114); teachers down 6% (7.3 to 6.9).
About Mitkof Middle School
Mitkof Middle School is the name of a very small middle school in Petersburg, Alaska. It has an enrollment of 114 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 399 students for middle schools in Alaska.
Mitkof Middle School is one of the 3 schools that make up Petersburg Borough School District (464 students in total).
About 64% of the student body at Mitkof Middle School is White. The remaining students are 23% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Petersburg Borough residents are about 63% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 6.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.5:1. Across middle schools in Alaska, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Roughly 67% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Petersburg Borough, the average eligibility rate is 57%.
Among Alaska public middle schools, Mitkof Middle School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Mitkof Middle School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 21.9 points (52.3% versus 30.3%), a top-10% result in Alaska on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Petersburg Borough, the median household earns about $75,125 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Mitkof Middle School shares Petersburg Borough with 2 other public schools.
Petersburg High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles.
For locale, NCES codes Mitkof Middle School as Rural: Remote.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 101 to 114. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.6:1 to 16.5:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Petersburg Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,409
Census ACS
Median income
$75,125
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Petersburg Borough School District
- Rae C. Stedman ElementaryElementary · 206 students
- Petersburg High SchoolHigh · 144 students
Other schools in Petersburg
- Rae C. Stedman ElementaryElementary · 206 students
- Petersburg High SchoolHigh · 144 students
Nearby schools
- Petersburg High School0.0 mi · 144
- Rae C. Stedman Elementary0.1 mi · 206
- Wrangell High School32.2 mi · 71
- Stikine Middle School32.3 mi · 59
- Evergreen Elementary32.4 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About Mitkof Middle SchoolHow large is Mitkof Middle School?
Mitkof Middle School enrolls approximately 114 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mitkof Middle School serve?
Mitkof Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mitkof Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mitkof Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mitkof Middle School?
At Mitkof Middle School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Mitkof Middle School public or private?
Mitkof Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Petersburg Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.