Houston Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 318 students
Houston High School
12501 W Hawk Lane, Big Lake, AK 99652
Grades
9–12
High
Students
337
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 51 Alaska high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Alaska high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Houston High School
Houston High School is a public high school in Big Lake, Alaska, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. The school is located in a rural area in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
In the 2024–25 school year, 337 students were enrolled, with about 13.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Alaska high school (14.6 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 51 Alaska high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 337 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 7
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- County
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- NCES school ID
- 020051000586
Schools near Houston High School
All 2 schools in Big Lake →
Big Lake Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 362 students
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School
Public · Grades 6–12 · 497 students
Burchell High School
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 200 students
Chugiak High School
Magnet · Grades 9–12 · 928 students
Eagle River High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 771 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.