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Enrollment
584
Middle
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 399
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000545
Wasilla Middle School
650 Bogard Rd, Wasilla, AK 99654 · (907) 352-5300 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Alaska public middle schools
- C+Test 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
19.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
284 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 214 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 29% |
Student demographics
57%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
30.4%
AK avg 36.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
AK avg 34.6% . +0.9pp 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 32 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 31.0% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Wasilla Middle School
Wasilla Middle School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasilla Middle School this school | 584 | 48.6% | 32.5% |
| Palmer Middle School Palmer | 563 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
| Kenai Middle School Kenai | 408 | 43.4% | 35.4% |
| North Pole Middle School North Pole | 631 | 33.9% | 35.2% |
| Skyview Middle School Soldotna | 355 | 33.2% | 29.9% |
| Homer Middle School Homer | 205 | 39.0% | 50.9% |
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 Wasilla Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #16 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #17 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #18 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #8 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #16 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #10 of 11 |
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
584
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 584 | 29.7 | 19.7:1 | 49% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 30.8 | 18.5:1 | 48% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 29.8 | 20.5:1 | 44% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 30.4 | 21.3:1 | 47% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 47% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | 51 | 16.8:1 | 41% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 871 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 32% (280) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 34 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wasilla Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (648 to 584); teachers down 2% (30.4 to 29.7).
About Wasilla Middle School
Wasilla Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Wasilla, Alaska, under Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 584 students. The school is 46% above the average for middle schools in Alaska.
Wasilla Middle School is one school in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, a system of 49 schools with 19,495 students.
More than half of the students at Wasilla Middle School are White (62%). The remaining shares are 18% multiracial, 8% Native American, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Matanuska-Susitna Borough's population at about 77%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wasilla Middle School scores 57%.
A staff of 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.7:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Alaska is 2.2 students per teacher. By family income, 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Wasilla Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Alaska public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wasilla Middle School is 4.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.5% actual, 36.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alaska.
For the population of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, median household income comes to about $94,031, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Matanuska-Susitna Borough's 49 public schools enroll about 19,495 students and include Wasilla Middle School.
The closest school to Wasilla Middle School is Wasilla High School, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wasilla Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wasilla Middle School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
Wasilla Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 573 to 584. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.9:1 to 19.7:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Wasilla Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 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
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCombined · 601 students
- John Shaw ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Wasilla High School0.3 mi · 816
- Iditarod Elementary0.3 mi · 424
- Mat-Su Central School0.4 mi · 2,780
- Tanaina Elementary1.8 mi · 324
- Burchell High School2.1 mi · 200
- Twindly Bridge Charter School2.1 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Wasilla Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wasilla Middle School?
Wasilla Middle School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wasilla Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wasilla Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wasilla Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wasilla Middle School is approximately 19.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wasilla Middle School?
At Wasilla Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Wasilla Middle School public or private?
Wasilla Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.