Other · Alaska

Nelson Island Area School

Free meals for all

Nelson Island Area School, a public other school in Toksook Bay, Alaska: grades pre-k–12, 171 students, 15.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lower Kuskokwim School District.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 171
Teachers (FTE): 11.0
Students per teacher: 15.5
Grades: Pre-K–12; Other

More students per teacher than 72% of schools in Alaska

Median 11.5 · 209 schools compared

More students per teacher than 64% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Larger than 77% of schools in Alaska

Median 67 · 211 schools compared

Smaller than 55% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

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%

2.5%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of schools in Alaska

Median 14% · 187 schools compared

AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Alaska: 34%

2.5%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of schools in Alaska

Median 12% · 188 schools compared

AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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.

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades Pre-K–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Lower Kuskokwim School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lower Kuskokwim School District.

Location

Address: 101 Sunny Side Rd, Toksook Bay, AK 99637
Phone: (907)427-7815
City or town: Toksook Bay
County: Bethel Census Area

Website Quality of life in Toksook Bay Schools in Toksook Bay

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Paul T. Albert Memorial SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	102	12.8	15%	2.5%	6.1 mi
Negtemiut Elitnaurviat SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	83	16.6	2.5%	2.5%	13.7 mi

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.

Sources

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).
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.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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