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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000444
Teeland Middle School
2788 N Seward Meridian Pkwy, Wasilla, AK 99654 · (907) 352-7500 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
255 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 1% |
| Grade 6 | 237 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 31% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
39.0%
AK avg 36.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
AK avg 34.6% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 43.2% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Teeland Middle School
Teeland Middle School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teeland Middle School this school | 643 | 39.7% | 40.6% |
| Finger Lake Elementary Wasilla | 445 | 41.3% | 45.8% |
| Pioneer Peak Elementary Palmer | 449 | 39.4% | 57.4% |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary Wasilla | 422 | 37.9% | 48.4% |
| John Shaw Elementary Wasilla | 507 | 41.2% | 64.9% |
| Colony Middle School Palmer | 771 | 30.7% | 41.7% |
Matched among Alaska elementary 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 Teeland Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #74 of 134 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #74 of 150 ▼ 12 | #18 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #74 of 150 ▲ 1 | #17 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #2 of 169 | #2 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #110 of 125 | #21 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #89 of 125 | #13 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #79 of 142 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #66 of 115 | #5 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
643
-76 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 643 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 40% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 37% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 41% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 40 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 37.9 | 20.4:1 | 41% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 36 | 20.7:1 | 37% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 32% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Teeland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (771 to 643); teachers down 8% (37.9 to 35).
About Teeland Middle School
A high-enrollment elementary school in Wasilla, Alaska, Teeland Middle School is part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. The student body numbers 643 students, from pre-K through 8. The average among elementary schools in Alaska is roughly 277 students; this school is 132% above that.
Within Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Teeland Middle School is one of 49 schools. The district enrolls 19,495 students.
Roughly 65% of students at Teeland Middle School are White. The rest of enrollment is 16% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 7% Native American. Among all residents of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the White share is about 77%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teeland Middle School counts 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.0 above the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. About 40% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Compared with Alaska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Teeland Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 40.6% against 39.7%.
Federal survey data for Matanuska-Susitna Borough show that the median household income is $94,031, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 49 public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, enrolling about 19,495 students in all.
Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Teeland Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Teeland Middle School is behind the 51.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when Teeland Middle School had 719 students, to 2024-25, when it had 643.
The Teeland Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Palmer High SchoolHigh · 616 students
Other schools in Wasilla
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCombined · 601 students
- Wasilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- John Shaw ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School0.3 mi · 705
- Fronteras Charter School0.5 mi · 336
- Mat-Su Day School0.6 mi · 70
- Larson Elementary0.7 mi · 319
- John Shaw Elementary1.1 mi · 507
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary1.6 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Teeland Middle SchoolHow large is Teeland Middle School?
Teeland Middle School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-08.
Is Teeland Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Teeland Middle School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Teeland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Teeland Middle School is approximately 18.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Teeland Middle School?
At Teeland Middle School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Teeland Middle School?
Teeland Middle School is overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.