School district · Alaska
Lower Yukon School District
Lower Yukon School District in Alaska: 11 public schools with 2,027 students and 15.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $43,105 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 11
- 1 charter
- Students
- 2,027
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- AK 18.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $43,105
- AK $21K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 129
- Counselors (FTE)
- 4.0
- Students per counselor
- 507
- AK 394 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
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%2.1%proficient
+1.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 92% of school districts in Alaska
Median 28% · 52 school districts compared
856 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alaska: 34%2.6%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of school districts in Alaska
Median 25% · 52 school districts compared
857 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.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 56% · $53.6M
- State
- 41% · $39.3M
- Local
- 2.2% · $2.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $15,346
- Support services
- $25,628
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $7.2M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hooper Bay Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 4–8 | 65 | 13.0 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
Alakanuk SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 248 | 19.1 | 1.0% | 3.0% |
Emmonak SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 236 | 17.0 | 4.0% | 3.0% |
Hooper Bay SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 364 | 15.4 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
Kotlik SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 180 | 16.4 | 12% | 2.5% |
Marshall SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 128 | 14.2 | 3.3% | 5.0% |
Mountain Village SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 185 | 14.2 | 6.7% | 4.0% |
Nunam Iqua SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 64 | 12.8 | 12% | 2.8% |
Pilot Station SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 193 | 16.1 | 1.1% | 2.1% |
Russian Mission SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 118 | 14.8 | 14% | 2.5% |
Scammon Bay SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 246 | 16.4 | 5.4% | 8.1% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
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.
Sources
- Address
- 100 Airport Rd, Mountain Village, AK 99632
- Phone
- (907)591-2411
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.