Colony Middle School
Palmer, AK · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Colony Middle School is a middle school in Palmer, AK with 735 students enrolled and a 63% proficiency rate. Part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Colony Middle School is a middle school located in Palmer, Alaska. The school serves 735 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 63% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Colony Middle School is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Alaska.
How This School Compares
Colony Middle School has 735 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (402 students). Its 63% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 53%. Compared to the Alaska state average of 49%, the school performs 14 points higher. The 20.4:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Colony Middle School has 735 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 63% of students at Colony Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Colony Middle School is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Palmer, Alaska. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.