Middle · Alaska

Thunder Mountain Middle School

Thunder Mountain Middle School, a public middle school in Juneau, Alaska: grades 7–8, 574 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Juneau Borough School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
574
Teachers (FTE)
34.1
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
7–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in Alaska

Median 16.6 · 33 schools compared

More students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 73% of middle schools in Alaska

Median 401 · 33 schools compared

Larger than 55% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alaska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Alaska: 33%

32%proficient

A higher share proficient than 49% of middle schools in Alaska

Median 32% · 35 middle schools compared

519 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alaska: 34%

34%proficient

A higher share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Alaska

Median 33% · 35 middle schools compared

520 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Juneau Borough School District.

Location

Address
3101 Dimond Park Loop, Juneau, AK 99801
Phone
(907)780-1900
City or town
Juneau

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

No other public middle schools within 25 miles.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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