Enrollment
104
Middle
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000437
Seward Middle School
304 Sea Lion Ave, Seward, AK 99664 · (907) 224-9000 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL104 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
38 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 38 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 28% |
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.2%
AK avg 36.1% . -13.3pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
AK avg 34.6% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 31.6% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Seward Middle School
Seward Middle School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seward Middle School this school | 104 | 36.5% | 34.3% |
| George H. Gilson Middle School Valdez | 143 | 35.0% | 44.2% |
| Delta Junction Junior High School Delta Junction | 128 | 25.8% | 46.0% |
| Blatchley Middle School Sitka | 241 | 30.7% | 54.5% |
| Homer Middle School Homer | 205 | 39.0% | 50.9% |
| Skyview Middle School Soldotna | 355 | 33.2% | 29.9% |
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 Seward Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #14 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #20 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #24 of 29 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 104 | #30 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #16 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
104
-8 (-7%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 93
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 104 | 6.2 | 16.9:1 | 37% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 110 | 7.9 | 14.0:1 | 31% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 113 | 8.9 | 12.8:1 | 27% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 10 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 123 | 8.9 | 13.9:1 | 33% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 145 | 9 | 16.1:1 | 35% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 93 | 5 | 18.6:1 | 38% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seward Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (123 to 104); teachers down 31% (8.9 to 6.2).
About Seward Middle School
Seward Middle School, a small middle school, is located in Seward, Alaska. A federal count lists 104 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Alaska) has about 399 students.
The district, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, has 8,510 students enrolled across 42 schools.
White students account for 60% of enrollment at Seward Middle School. Smaller groups are 22% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Kenai Peninsula Borough is roughly 79% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Seward Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
A ratio of 16.9:1 comes from the school's 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Alaska, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 37% in 2024-25.
Seward Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (34.3%) and its predicted rate (40.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alaska schools.
Across Kenai Peninsula Borough, median household income is about $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Kenai Peninsula Borough number 42 and enroll about 8,510.
The nearest public school is Seward High School, at about 0.1 miles. Seward Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Seward Middle School had 112 students in 2020-21 and 104 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.2:1 to 16.9:1.
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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
Other schools in Seward
- William H. Seward Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
- Seward High SchoolHigh · 173 students
Other Seward Middle schools
One other US public school is named Seward Middle. Seward Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOLSEWARD, NE · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Seward High School0.1 mi · 173
- William H. Seward Elementary School0.2 mi · 205
- Moose Pass School24.7 mi · 17
- Cooper Landing School28.0 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Seward Middle SchoolHow large is Seward Middle School?
Seward Middle School enrolls approximately 104 students in grades 06-08.
Is Seward Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seward Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Seward Middle School have?
Seward Middle School employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Seward Middle School?
Student demographics at Seward Middle School are roughly 60% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Seward Middle School in?
Seward Middle School is part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
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