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Wendler Middle School

Q: Is Wendler Middle School a good school?

Wendler Middle School ranks in the bottom 7.8% of Alaska middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Wendler Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 602 students attended Wendler Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Wendler Middle School?

Students at Wendler Middle School are 21% Two or more races, 19% American Indian, 17% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Pacific Islander, 5% African American.

Q: What high school do graduates of Wendler Middle School attend?

Students who attend Wendler Middle School usually go on to attend Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School

Public Grades 6-8

83^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 90 Alaska Middle Schools

Better than 8% of Alaska middle schools

Summary

Wendler Middle School, located at 2905 Lake Otis Parkway in Anchorage, serves 602 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Anchorage School District. The school ranks 83rd out of 90 Alaska middle schools for 2025-2026 (8th percentile, 0 stars), and it has not ranked above the 14th percentile since the 2016-2017 school year, landing in the bottom 10% in recent years. Academically, Wendler trails its district and state averages in every subject: just 21.5% of students are proficient in English Language Arts and 19.8% in math, compared with district rates of 36.0% and 35.7%, and state rates of 32.9% and 32.2%.

The comparison to nearby schools illustrates just how wide these gaps are. Gruening Middle School, roughly 12 miles away, ranks 25th statewide (72nd percentile) with 55.7% math proficiency, while Romig Middle School, just 2.6 miles away, ranks 31st (66th percentile) with 44.3% math proficiency. Wendler's 19.8% math proficiency trails both by 25 to 36 percentage points. At the same time, Wendler sits in a cluster of similarly challenged nearby schools: Clark Middle School, Nicholas J. Begich Middle School, and Central Middle School of Science all rank in the bottom 10%, with math proficiency ranging from 12.1% to 16.6%. Wendler's 29.2% science proficiency is the strongest in this lower cluster and improved by more than 11 percentage points in a single year.

Wendler also serves a high-needs community: 72.6% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-2025, and the school spends more per student ($16,381) than any comparable middle school in the area. Despite the overall low ratings, there are genuine bright spots. Wendler's English Language Learner students earned a 4-star rating and ranked in the 71st percentile statewide in 2024-2025, while its special education and multi-racial student groups both earned 3-star ratings. These pockets of success suggest that certain targeted approaches are working for specific groups, even as broad academic gains remain elusive.

602

Students ?

20.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,381

Per pupil spending ?

72.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2905 Lake Otis rkwy
Anchorage, AK 99508-4599

(907) 742-7300

District: Anchorage School District

Students who attend Wendler Middle School usually attend:

High:

Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School

Feeder schools for Wendler Middle School:

Elementary:	Baxter Elementary
	College Gate Elementary
	Lake Otis Elementary
	Tudor Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Two or more races:

21.1%

American Indian:

19.3%

White:

16.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 43rd percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alaska average (22% vs 33% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 35 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school22%

District avg36%

Alaska avg33%

83^rd of 90

Alaska public middle schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 3 pts since 2017

From bottom 5% (2017) to bottom 8% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 11Middle Schools in the Anchorage School District

11^th of 23Anchorage School District among Alaska districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	12.1	83 of 90	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.2	88 of 94	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	83 of 91	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	85 of 92	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	86 of 95	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	72 of 84	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.4	86 of 99	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	85 of 96	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	9.4	84 of 88	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	42.6	86 of 151	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	62.8	52 of 138	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	58.6	61 of 136	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	56.0	62 of 135	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	55.6	60 of 133	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	54.0	62 of 136	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2009	50.6	65 of 131	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	60.2	52 of 132	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2007	75.6	31 of 128	75.8%	★★★★☆
2006	71.1	42 of 132	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	55.5	63 of 138	54.3%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2025	45.3	3 of 5	40.0%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	19.7	13 of 16	18.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	17.6	14 of 17	17.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.4	12 of 16	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.1	16 of 19	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	12 of 15	20.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.4	9 of 13	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.2	17 of 22	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2025	57.1	2 of 7	71.4%	★★★★☆
2024	24.1	4 of 5	20.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.4	3 of 7	57.1%	★★★★☆
2022	38.4	4 of 7	42.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.8	3 of 7	57.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	13.3	66 of 72	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.8	66 of 72	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	62 of 69	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	59 of 66	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	58 of 66	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.8	46 of 57	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.8	67 of 74	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	6.6	22 of 22	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.2	22 of 22	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	25 of 26	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	19 of 21	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	17 of 19	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.1	14 of 15	6.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.6	16 of 19	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	8.3	24 of 26	7.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.8	46 of 51	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	45 of 54	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	45 of 55	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	35 of 43	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.4	31 of 43	27.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.9	55 of 64	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	9.6	69 of 74	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.7	65 of 68	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	67 of 72	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	68 of 72	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	60 of 68	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.5	52 of 62	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	66 of 73	9.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	8.3	24 of 26	7.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.6	24 of 26	7.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	19 of 20	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.3	20 of 20	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	31.1	7 of 10	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.6	6 of 24	75.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	43.6	18 of 33	45.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	40.4	19 of 30	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.1	21 of 31	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.0	25 of 31	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	23 of 28	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.9	16 of 30	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.9	27 of 34	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	13.6	21 of 23	8.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.1	18 of 21	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	14 of 20	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.2	31 of 40	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	30.7	10 of 15	33.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alaska percentile	Rating
2026	27.4	56 of 67	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.5	67 of 70	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	66 of 74	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	70 of 75	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	35.9	51 of 69	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.0	44 of 58	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	64 of 72	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)71st percentile+65 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)45th percentile+38 vs school

African American (2025)40th percentile+34 vs school

Special Education (2026)33rd percentile+26 vs school

Asian (2026)19th percentile+11 vs school

White (2026)16th percentile+9 vs school

Native American (2026)9th percentile~ school

Female (2026)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school

Migrant (2026)8th percentile~ school

Male (2026)7th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)<1st percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Alaska (2025-2026) ?

Science29%-9 vs state

English Language Arts22%-11 vs state

Mathematics20%-12 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAR English Language Arts (2026)				STAR Mathematics (2026)				ASA Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	STAR English Language Arts All Grades	STAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAR Mathematics All Grades	ASA Science 8th Grade	ASA Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wendler Middle School	Public	6-8	2905 Lake Otis rkwy	Anchorage	99508	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-7300	602	29	20.9	72.6%	102 (16.9%)	30 (5.0%)	82 (13.6%)	81 (13.5%)	116 (19.3%)	64 (10.6%)	127 (21.1%)	12.1	83^rd of 90 public middle schools	7.8%		10.2	88^th of 94 public middle schools	6.4%	5	19.3	19.8	25.5	21.5	17.3	20.2	21.7	19.8	29.2	29.2	$16,381	$1,999	$14,381
Central Middle School of Science	Public, Magnet	6-8	1405 E St	Anchorage	99501	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(907) 742-5100	545	25	22.2	79.3%	119 (21.8%)	60 (11.0%)	86 (15.8%)	40 (7.3%)	78 (14.3%)	96 (17.6%)	66 (12.1%)	8	84^th of 90 public middle schools	6.7%		10.7	87^th of 94 public middle schools	7.4%	3	22.5	13.8	19.6	18.6	8.7	17.9	19.9	15.3	24.8	24.8	$16,253	$1,191	$15,062
Clark Middle School	Public	6-8	150 South Bragaw St	Anchorage	99508	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 742-4700	713	27	26.0	100.8%	53 (7.4%)	60 (8.4%)	95 (13.3%)	124 (17.4%)	111 (15.6%)	149 (20.9%)	121 (17.0%)	4.4	87^th of 90 public middle schools	3.3%		3.8	93^rd of 94 public middle schools	1.1%	6	15.5	12.5	15.4	14.4	13.0	9.9	13.7	12.1	15.5	15.5	$15,430	$2,067	$13,363
Romig Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	2500 Minnesota Dr	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-5200	1,138	54	20.9	39.2%	423 (37.2%)	29 (2.5%)	207 (18.2%)	107 (9.4%)	111 (9.8%)	97 (8.5%)	164 (14.4%)	62.9	31^st of 90 public middle schools	65.6%		63.5	28^th of 94 public middle schools	70.2%	3	53.6	44.6	46.8	48.4	45.5	46.6	41.1	44.3	45.9	45.9	$14,184	$907	$13,276
Nicholas J. Begich Middle School	Public	6-8	7440 Creekside Center Dr	Anchorage	99504	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 742-0500	830	38	21.6	76.5%	114 (13.7%)	44 (5.3%)	112 (13.5%)	181 (21.8%)	104 (12.5%)	105 (12.7%)	170 (20.5%)	6.3	85^th of 90 public middle schools	5.6%		8.3	89^th of 94 public middle schools	5.3%	4	15.2	15.3	14.7	15.1	17.9	16.6	15.4	16.6	17.6	17.6	$15,692	$1,941	$13,750
Anchorage STrEaM Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	7801 E 32nd Ave	Anchorage	99521	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 742-9000	183	11	17.0		100 (54.6%)	9 (4.9%)	16 (8.7%)	5 (2.7%)	15 (8.2%)	2 (1.1%)	36 (19.7%)	48.8	42^nd of 90 public middle schools	53.3%		32.9	68^th of 94 public middle schools	27.7%	26	47.3	32.7	37.5	40.0	32.9	29.1	48.2	36.4	57.1	57.1	$15,149	$399	$14,750
Hanshew Middle School	Public	6-8	10121 Lake Otis Pkwy	Anchorage	99507	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 349-1561	822	25	33.1	39.2%	242 (29.4%)	42 (5.1%)	107 (13.0%)	99 (12.0%)	98 (11.9%)	61 (7.4%)	173 (21.0%)	21.8	73^rd of 90 public middle schools	18.9%		24.3	74^th of 94 public middle schools	21.3%	1	22.1	23.7	30.7	25.5	22.8	29.8	37.4	29.9	26.6	26.6	$15,169	$1,061	$14,108
Mears Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	2700 W 100th	Anchorage	99515	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-6400	0	37	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	36.3	62^nd of 90 public middle schools	31.1%		29.2	71^st of 94 public middle schools	24.5%	9	39.9	27.1	34.4	33.8	36.0	38.3	36.7	37.0	34.2	34.2	$14,007	$925	$13,081
Goldenview Middle School	Public	6-8	15800 Goldenview Dr	Anchorage	99516	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 348-8626	0	32	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	77.6	16^th of 90 public middle schools	82.2%		81.6	9^th of 94 public middle schools	90.4%	7	57.7	47.1	54.2	52.9	56.6	54.5	57.3	56.1	47.3	47.3	$14,294	$901	$13,393
Gruening Middle School	Public	6-8	9601 Lee St	Eagle River	99577	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3600	797	28	28.2	19.6%	505 (63.4%)	27 (3.4%)	89 (11.2%)	12 (1.5%)	39 (4.9%)	14 (1.8%)	111 (13.9%)	69.2	25^th of 90 public middle schools	72.2%		66.5	21^st of 94 public middle schools	77.7%	4	48.0	36.0	49.0	44.5	52.0	52.4	62.6	55.7	50.6	50.6	$14,394	$995	$13,399

Frequently Asked Questions about Wendler Middle School

Is Wendler Middle School a good school?

Wendler Middle School ranks in the bottom 7.8% of Alaska middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Wendler Middle School?

Students at Wendler Middle School are 21% Two or more races, 19% American Indian, 17% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Pacific Islander, 5% African American.

What high school do graduates of Wendler Middle School attend?

Students who attend Wendler Middle School usually go on to attend Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School

What district is Wendler Middle School in?

Anchorage School District

How many students attend Wendler Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 602 students attended Wendler Middle School.

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