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Mountain Village, Alaska - 11 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Lower Yukon School District #9 of 40 districts in Alaska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $39,603 per pupil, Lower Yukon School District ranks #19 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending (Alaska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,035
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$39,603
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lower Yukon School District operates 11 public schools serving 2,035 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 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 Kusilvak Census Area.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $39,603 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alaska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.9% local, 52.0% state, and 46.1% 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 63/100, ranked #9 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 241:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 59.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 0.4% Asian, 0.1% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Alakanuk School, with a diversity index of 14.5/100.
Its largest campus is Hooper Bay School, enrolling 364 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nunam Iqua School, at 64 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hooper Bay School accounts for 17.9% of all Lower Yukon School District student enrollment
That concentration means Lower Yukon 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.
Lower Yukon School District school enrollment varies 5.7× across entities
Lower Yukon School District school enrollment ranges from 64 students (lowest) to 364 students (highest), a spread of 300 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.
Lower Yukon School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.8% 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.
Lower Yukon School District student-counselor ratio is 241:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Lower Yukon School District chronic absenteeism rate is 59.9% — 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.
How many schools are in Lower Yukon School District?
Lower Yukon School District has 11 schools, including 10 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,035 students.
How much does Lower Yukon School District spend per student?
Lower Yukon School District spends $39,603 per student. The district has an equity score of 63/100, ranking #9 in Alaska.
What is the demographic composition of Lower Yukon School District?
Lower Yukon School District students are 0.4% Asian, 0.1% White, 0.1% African American, averaged across 11 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lower Yukon School District?
Lower Yukon School District has an equity score of 63/100, ranking #9 out of 40 districts in Alaska.