Mears Middle School
Anchorage, AK · Middle School · Grades 7-8
Mears Middle School is a middle school in Anchorage, AK with 733 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Anchorage School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Mears Middle School is a middle school located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school serves 733 students in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mears Middle School is part of the Anchorage School District in Alaska.
How This School Compares
Mears Middle School has 733 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Anchorage School District (460 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 10 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the Alaska state average of 49%, the school performs 15 points higher. The 20.4:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mears Middle School has 733 students enrolled in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Mears Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Mears Middle School is part of the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, 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.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.