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Aniak, Alaska - 9 schools
An equity score of 92/100 ranks Kuspuk School District #1 of 40 districts in Alaska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $52,557 per pupil, Kuspuk School District ranks #6 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending (Alaska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
318
Total Enrollment
9
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$52,557
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kuspuk School District operates 9 public schools serving 318 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bethel Census Area.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $52,557 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 6 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alaska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 64.8% state, and 33.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 92/100, ranked #1 of 40 in Alaska against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 66.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 4.4% White, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jack Egnaty Sr. School, with a diversity index of 33.3/100.
Its largest campus is George Morgan Sr. H.S., enrolling 64 students (20% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gusty Michael School, at 11 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
George Morgan Sr. H.S. accounts for 20.0% of all Kuspuk School District student enrollment
That concentration means Kuspuk School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Kuspuk School District school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Kuspuk School District school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 64 students (highest), a spread of 53 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Kuspuk School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Kuspuk School District chronic absenteeism rate is 66.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.