Enrollment
276
High
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000645
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School
52275 Education Dr, Nikiski, AK 99635 · (907) 776-9400 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Alaska public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
133 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 12% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.5%
AK avg 36.1% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
22.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.5% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 30.7% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Nikiski Middle/Senior High School
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikiski Middle/Senior High School this school | 276 | 48.2% | 33.0% |
| Susitna Valley High Talkeetna | 233 | 49.8% | 29.9% |
| Houston High School Big Lake | 337 | 61.1% | 26.5% |
| Homer High School Homer | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| Kenai Central High School Kenai | 525 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| Valdez High School Valdez | 175 | 33.1% | 38.4% |
Matched among Alaska high 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 Nikiski Middle/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #16 of 39 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #21 of 43 ▼ 12 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #35 of 44 ▼ 10 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #31 of 72 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #8 of 38 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #33 of 38 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #17 of 45 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #1 of 28 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
276
+15 (+6%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 276 | 17.9 | 15.4:1 | 48% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 22.5 | 13.7:1 | 47% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 22.2 | 14.7:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 23 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 26.3 | 13.9:1 | 52% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 44% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 35% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 22% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nikiski Middle/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (367 to 276); teachers down 32% (26.3 to 17.9).
About Nikiski Middle/Senior High School
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School is a small high school in Alaska, with an address in Nikiski. A federal count lists 276 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Alaska is about 373, so this school runs 26% smaller than that.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has 8,510 students spread across 42 schools.
Roughly 72% of students at Nikiski Middle/Senior High School are White. The rest of enrollment is 13% multiracial, 8% Native American, and 4% Hispanic. Nikiski Middle/Senior High School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Nikiski Middle/Senior High School is 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.4:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%.
Measured against Alaska public high schools, Nikiski Middle/Senior High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Nikiski Middle/Senior High School, the prediction is 36.7% and the result is 33.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kenai Peninsula Borough show that the median household income is $80,538, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Nikiski Middle/Senior High School is one of 42 public schools in the county.
Nikiski North Star Elementary is the closest public school, about 5.1 miles away in a straight line. Nearby schools with test data average 30.5% proficiency; Nikiski Middle/Senior High School posts 33.0%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment grew 6% from its 2020-21 level of 261. The ratio was 11.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Nikiski North Star Elementary5.1 mi · 214
- Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science11.5 mi · 205
- Marathon School11.8 mi · 8
- Kenai Middle School12.2 mi · 408
- Kenai Central High School12.3 mi · 525
- Mt. View Elementary12.3 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Nikiski Middle/Senior High SchoolHow large is Nikiski Middle/Senior High School?
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Nikiski Middle/Senior High School serve?
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Nikiski Middle/Senior High School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Nikiski Middle/Senior High School.
What is the student diversity at Nikiski Middle/Senior High School?
Student demographics at Nikiski Middle/Senior High School are roughly 72% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Nikiski Middle/Senior High School public or private?
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
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