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Alaska schools ranked by test score

Latest AK STAR + Alaska Science year (2023-24). 31 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 41.9%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
1George H. Gilson Middle School
Valdez · Valdez City School District
Middle61.5%+19.6pp
2Homer Middle School
Homer · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Middle58.0%+16.1pp
3Delta Junction Junior High School
Delta Junction · Delta/Greely School District
Middle54.0%+12.1pp
4Randy Smith Middle School
Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Middle49.6%+7.7pp
5Seward Middle School
Seward · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Middle47.2%+5.3pp
6Blatchley Middle School
Sitka · Sitka School District
Middle45.7%+3.8pp
7Anchorage STrEaM Academy
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle44.8%+2.9pp
8Gruening Middle School
Eagle River · Anchorage School District
Middle44.3%+2.4pp
9Mirror Lake Middle School
Chugiak · Anchorage School District
Middle43.8%+1.9pp
10Romig Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle42.0%+0.1pp
11Mitkof Middle School
Petersburg · Petersburg Borough School District
Middle41.5%-0.4pp
12Kodiak Middle School
Kodiak · Kodiak Island Borough School District
Middle36.9%-5.0pp
13Mears Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle35.8%-6.1pp
14Palmer Middle School
Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Middle35.3%-6.6pp
15North Pole Middle School
North Pole · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Middle35.2%-6.7pp
16Tanana Middle School
Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Middle35.2%-6.7pp
17Goldenview Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle34.1%-7.8pp
18Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School
Juneau · Juneau Borough School District
Middle33.6%-8.3pp
19Schoenbar Middle School
Ketchikan · Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
Middle33.3%-8.6pp
20Wasilla Middle School
Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Middle33.3%-8.6pp
21Kenai Middle School
Kenai · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Middle31.4%-10.5pp
22Hanshew Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle28.6%-13.3pp
23Houston Middle School
Houston · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Middle24.7%-17.2pp
24Ryan Middle School
Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Middle24.6%-17.3pp
25Skyview Middle School
Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Middle23.0%-18.9pp
26Central Middle School of Science
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle22.0%-19.9pp
27Nicholas J. Begich Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle21.6%-20.3pp
28Wendler Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle19.6%-22.3pp
29Floyd Dryden Middle School
Juneau · Juneau Borough School District
Middle18.9%-23.0pp
30Eben Hopson Middle School
Utqiagvik · North Slope Borough School District
Middle14.9%-27.0pp
31Clark Middle School
Anchorage · Anchorage School District
Middle9.9%-32.0pp

About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the AK STAR + Alaska Science % Advanced + Proficient threshold on the latest available AK STAR + Alaska Science Science test (school year 2023-24). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Alaska, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.