Best Middle Schools in Alaska (2025-26)
Every ranked middle school in Alaska, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Alaska rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Alaska middle schools ranked
How Alaska's middle schools compare
A: 9B: 6C: 8D: 8F: 2
45% of the 33 ranked middle schools in Alaska earn an A or B (9 A grades, 6 B, 8 C, 8 D, 2 F), against 46% of middle schools nationwide. 25 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (76% here, 70% nationally), and 9 exceed it. On average 36% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 33% (national averages: 45% actual, 38% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Mitkof Middle School (58% against 30%, A+), Blatchley Middle School (59% against 42%, A+), Stikine Middle School (55% against 39%, A), Goldenview Middle School (56% against 42%, A+), Anvil City Science Academy (38% against 24%, C+).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Anchorage School District (4).
Cities with the most ranked middle schools: Anchorage (9, 2 at A or B), Fairbanks (3, 1 at A or B).
The largest ranked middle schools: Nicholas J Begich Middle School (882 students, D-, #31), Clark Middle School (835 students, F, #32), Mears Middle School (733 students, C-, #22).
Of the top 25, 3 are magnet schools and 2 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
Middle schools in Alaska that are not ranked
2 graded middle schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Not yet graded (2)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Dzantiki Heeni Middle School, Juneau
- Floyd Dryden Middle School, Juneau
About this ranking
- Scope: every public middle school in Alaska.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the middle schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about middle schools in Alaska
What is the best middle school in Alaska?
Blatchley Middle School in Sitka ranks first among the 33 ranked middle schools in Alaska with a SchoolGrade of A+, 59% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 42%.
How are middle schools in Alaska ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many middle schools does Alaska have?
SchoolGrade grades 35 public middle schools in Alaska; 33 are ranked here and 2 are listed as not ranked.