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Enrollment
463
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000275
Ryan Middle School
1450 Cowles, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 452-4751 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Alaska public middle schools
- C-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
16.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
225 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 176 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 33% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
25.8%
AK avg 36.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
AK avg 34.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 4 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 | 25.8% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 19.2% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Ryan Middle School
Ryan Middle School's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Middle School this school | 463 | 48.6% | 23.5% |
| Tanana Middle School Fairbanks | 523 | 34.8% | 30.4% |
| Hanshew Middle School Anchorage | 822 | 39.2% | 26.8% |
| Wasilla Middle School Wasilla | 584 | 48.6% | 32.5% |
| Kenai Middle School Kenai | 408 | 43.4% | 35.4% |
| North Pole Middle School North Pole | 631 | 33.9% | 35.2% |
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 Ryan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #24 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #22 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #14 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #9 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #6 of 10 |
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
463
+79 (+21%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 463 | 27.8 | 16.6:1 | 49% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 29.4 | 16.4:1 | 51% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 30.1 | 18.0:1 | 47% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 19 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 45% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 34% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 31% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 39 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ryan Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (371 to 463); teachers up 21% (23 to 27.8).
About Ryan Middle School
Ryan Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Alaska, with an address in Fairbanks. Enrollment is 463 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
Ryan Middle School sits within Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, which has 34 schools and 12,214 students.
White students are the largest group at Ryan Middle School, with 35% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 31% multiracial, 13% Native American, 11% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Fairbanks North Star Borough's residents are about 69% White, 34 points above the school's share. Ryan Middle School has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Alaska is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 33% average for public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough is 16 points lower.
Measured against Alaska public middle schools, Ryan Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ryan Middle School would score about 36.6%. It scores 23.5%, 13.1 points below that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fairbanks North Star Borough, median household income is about $88,267, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. A total of 39 public schools operate in Fairbanks North Star Borough, serving about 23,777 students.
Of nearby public schools, Lathrop High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Ryan Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students grew from 384 to 463 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 20.2:1 to 16.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Fairbanks North Star Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,460
Census ACS
Median income
$88,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
23,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- North Pole High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- North Pole Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Other schools in Fairbanks
- Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)Combined · 7,876 students
- Raven SchoolCombined · 3,687 students
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Lathrop High School0.1 mi · 788
- Barnette Magnet School0.2 mi · 417
- Hunter Elementary0.3 mi · 332
- Denali Elementary0.5 mi · 300
- Boreal Sun Charter School0.8 mi · 201
- Golden Heart Academy0.9 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Ryan Middle SchoolHow large is Ryan Middle School?
Ryan Middle School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ryan Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ryan Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Ryan Middle School have?
Ryan Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Ryan Middle School?
Student demographics at Ryan Middle School are roughly 35% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 31% Two or more.
What district is Ryan Middle School in?
Ryan Middle School is part of Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.