Thunder Mountain Middle School

As a mid-sized middle-grades school, Thunder Mountain Middle School serves students in Juneau, Alaska. It enrolls 574 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. It has 44% more students than the average for middle schools in Alaska (about 399).

Thunder Mountain Middle School is among 16 schools run by Juneau Borough School District, which serves 5,481 students.

The student body at Thunder Mountain Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. The remaining shares are 22% multiracial, 16% Native American, 9% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Juneau City and Borough as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.

With 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Alaska. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Thunder Mountain Middle School, 24% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Juneau City and Borough show that the median household earns about $101,661 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Juneau City and Borough has 16 public schools with about 5,481 students, including Thunder Mountain Middle School.

Less than a tenth of a mile separates Thunder Mountain Middle School from the closest public school, Thunder Mountain High School. Other public schools within five miles: 7.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.

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