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Enrollment
523
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000277
Tanana Middle School
600 Trainor Gate Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 452-8145 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Alaska public middle schools
- CTest 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
18.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
182 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 | 184 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%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
30.0%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
AK avg 34.6% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 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 | 30.0% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 29.4% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Tanana Middle School
Tanana Middle School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanana Middle School this school | 523 | 34.8% | 30.4% |
| Ryan Middle School Fairbanks | 463 | 48.6% | 23.5% |
| Hanshew Middle School Anchorage | 822 | 39.2% | 26.8% |
| North Pole Middle School North Pole | 631 | 33.9% | 35.2% |
| Gruening Middle School Eagle River | 797 | 19.6% | 47.0% |
| Randy Smith Middle School Fairbanks | 413 | 29.3% | 41.9% |
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 Tanana Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #21 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #19 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #14 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #19 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.8% | #3 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
523
+241 (+85%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 523 | 28.1 | 18.6:1 | 35% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 29.2 | 18.6:1 | 38% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 26.6 | 20.5:1 | 40% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 15 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 22.7 | 17.0:1 | 36% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 36% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 33% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 20% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 708 | 43 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanana Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (385 to 523); teachers up 24% (22.7 to 28.1).
About Tanana Middle School
Tanana Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with its address in Fairbanks, Alaska. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 523 students. For comparison, middle schools in Alaska average about 399 students.
Tanana Middle School is one of 34 schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, which enrolls 12,214 students in total.
At Tanana Middle School, White students make up 50% of the student body. The remaining shares are 17% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 6% Black. Fairbanks North Star Borough as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Tanana Middle School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 18.6:1 comes from the school's 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher above the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Alaska. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. That tracks the 33% average for public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Measured against Alaska public middle schools, Tanana 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.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 41.4%.
In the county around the school, Fairbanks North Star Borough, the median household income is $88,267, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 39 public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough, enrolling about 23,777 students in all.
The closest other public school is Ladd Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Tanana Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Tanana Middle School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 30.4% against a local average of 33.4%.
Tanana Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 282 students at Tanana Middle School; in 2024-25, 523. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
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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
- Ryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 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
- Ryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Ladd Elementary0.2 mi · 383
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.0.8 mi · 784
- Alternative Learning Systems0.8 mi · 184
- Arctic Light Elementary1.5 mi · 361
- Barnette Magnet School1.9 mi · 417
- Lathrop High School2.1 mi · 788
Frequently asked questions
About Tanana Middle SchoolHow large is Tanana Middle School?
Tanana Middle School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tanana Middle School serve?
Tanana Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tanana Middle School have?
Tanana Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tanana Middle School?
At Tanana Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Tanana Middle School public or private?
Tanana Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.