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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Central Middle School of Science, Anchorage, AK

CEP schoolCentral Middle School of Science is a public middle school in Anchorage, part of Anchorage School District. It enrolled 545 students in 2024-25, with 22.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
545
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
22.7
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 3.4 higher than the district figure of 19.3. The Alaska average across schools is 19.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.7
District19.3
Alaska19.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1405 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501
County
Anchorage Municipality
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
020018000063
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
432
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
43279.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
207Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Anchorage School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.