Best Middle Schools in Alaska for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Alaska!

Every year, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alaska test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAR and ASA test scores by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr. The most recent update was on Friday, September 5, 2025.

Be the first to know when we post new test scores and rankings!

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 51)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Northern Lights ABC K-8 School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	2424 East Dowling Rd	Anchorage	99507	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-7500	582	31	18.9	29.0%	179 (30.8%)	52 (8.9%)	67 (11.5%)	153 (26.3%)	29 (5.0%)	9 (1.5%)	93 (16.0%)	$11,121			$687			$10,434	98.0%	95.7%	2.29%			020018000094
2	Mitkof Middle School	Public	6-8	500 N First St	Petersburg	99833	Petersburg Borough	Petersburg Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 526-7656	114	7	16.5	66.7%	73 (64.0%)	4 (3.5%)	5 (4.4%)	4 (3.5%)	26 (22.8%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	$18,359			$1,705			$16,654	96.1%	84.0%	12.04%			020066000604
3	Stikine Middle School	Public	6-8	312 Church St	Wrangell	99929	Wrangell City and Borough	Wrangell Public School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 874-3393	59	4	14.4		25 (42.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	31 (52.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)								94.1%	91.5%	2.63%			020081000728
4	Cordova Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 Fisherman Ave	Cordova	99574	Chugach Census Area	Cordova City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 424-3266	126	11	12	65.9%	61 (48.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	29 (23.0%)	29 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	$23,091			$2,489			$20,602	92.2%	73.4%	18.75%			020006000029
5	Blatchley Middle School	Public	6-8	601 Halibut Point Rd	Sitka	99835	Sitka City and Borough	Sitka School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 747-8672	241	18	13.4	30.7%	122 (50.6%)	2 (0.8%)	13 (5.4%)	19 (7.9%)	49 (20.3%)	2 (0.8%)	34 (14.1%)								90.2%	89.4%	0.83%			020024000136
6	Birchtree Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1675 N Nadina St.	Palmer	99645	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 745-1831	416	24	17.6		329 (79.1%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (12.3%)	$16,733			$116			$16,617	88.2%	85.1%	3.13%			020051000744
7	Family Partnership Correspondence School	Public, Alternative	K-12	4400 Business Park Blvd # B22	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3700	1,008	13	80.1		677 (67.2%)	10 (1.0%)	100 (9.9%)	29 (2.9%)	49 (4.9%)	31 (3.1%)	112 (11.1%)	$9,640			$317			$9,322	86.3%	87.2%	0.96%			020018000178
8	Winterberry School	Public, Magnet, Charter	K-8	4802 Bryn Mawr Ct	Anchorage	99508	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-0139	264	15	17.6		184 (69.7%)	3 (1.1%)	18 (6.8%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (4.5%)	1 (0.4%)	44 (16.7%)	$12,959			$331			$12,628	84.3%	33.0%	51.34%			020018000459
9	Delta Junction Junior High School	Public	6-8	1655 N Clearwater Ave	Delta Junction	99737	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Delta/Greely School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 895-5165	128	9	13.9	25.8%	93 (72.7%)	1 (0.8%)	15 (11.7%)	1 (0.8%)	5 (3.9%)	2 (1.6%)	11 (8.6%)	$16,955			$1,691			$15,264	82.4%	64.9%	17.46%			020010000764
10	Homer Middle School	Public	7-8	500 Sterling Hwy	Homer	99603	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 235-5700	205	15	13.8	39.0%	151 (73.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	3 (1.5%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (14.6%)								80.4%	58.5%	21.88%			020039000543

Sign up for updates!

Be the first to know when we update our rankings!

Other SchoolDigger ranking lists for Alaska

Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

New! SchoolDigger ranking lists for AK student subgroups:

Female Students Male Students Asian Students Hispanic Students Native American Students White Students Multi-racial Students Special Education Students Migrant Students Military Connected Students

About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAR English Language Arts, STAR Mathematics, ASA Science test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
These rankings were last updated on September 5, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

A high school boy doing homework on a laptop

Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.