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Dillingham, Alaska - 8 schools
An equity score of 82/100 ranks Southwest Region School District #5 of 40 districts in Alaska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $44,038 per pupil, Southwest Region School District ranks #9 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending (Alaska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
631
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$44,038
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Southwest Region School District operates 8 public schools serving 631 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined 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 Dillingham Census Area.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $44,038 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 3.8% local, 51.9% state, and 44.3% 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 82/100, ranked #5 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.
a 281.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 56.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 0.2% Asian, 0.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is William Sonny Nelson School, with a diversity index of 36.0/100.
Its largest campus is Togiak School, enrolling 198 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Clarks Point School, at 14 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Togiak School accounts for 31.4% of all Southwest Region School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Southwest Region 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.
Southwest Region School District school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Southwest Region School District school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 198 students (highest), a spread of 184 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Southwest Region School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.1% 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.
Southwest Region School District student-counselor ratio is 281:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Southwest Region School District is typically wider than the Southwest Region School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Southwest Region School District chronic absenteeism rate is 56.2% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Southwest Region School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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