Other · Alaska
Shishmaref School
Free meals for allShishmaref School, a public other school in Shishmaref, Alaska: grades pre-k–12, 185 students, 14.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bering Strait 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
- 185
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–12
- Other
More students per teacher than 63% of schools in Alaska
Median 11.5 · 209 schools compared
More students per teacher than 58% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Larger than 81% of schools in Alaska
Median 67 · 211 schools compared
Smaller than 52% 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%6.0%proficient
+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of schools in Alaska
Median 14% · 187 schools compared
67 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alaska: 34%6.0%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of schools in Alaska
Median 12% · 188 schools compared
67 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades Pre-K–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bering Strait School District.
Location
- Address
- Seaview Ln, Shishmaref, AK 99772
- Phone
- (907)649-3021
- City or town
- Shishmaref
- County
- Nome Census Area
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
No other public schools within 25 miles.
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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