Summary:
Nikiski, Alaska is home to a single public school, Nikiski Middle/Senior High School, which serves grades 6-12 and has a total enrollment of 308 students. The school is part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, which is ranked 12th out of 24 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Nikiski Middle/Senior High School generally performs better than the state average in science proficiency, with 50% of 10th graders and 41.89% of all grades proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state averages of 34.89% and 37.87% respectively. However, the school lags behind the district and state averages in English Language Arts, with only 24.46% of all grades proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 32.69% for the state. In Mathematics, Nikiski also underperforms the district and state, with only 22.46% of all grades proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 32.18% for the state.
In 2023-2024, 46.75% of Nikiski Middle/Senior High School students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school had a student-teacher ratio of 13.6 in 2023-2024, which is slightly lower than the state average and may indicate relatively small class sizes.
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