Tanana City School District operates 1 public schools serving 29 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 29 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $51,154 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 1.6% local, 80.1% state, and 18.3% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $113,077 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
and 17.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Maudrey J. Sommer School accounts for 100.0% of all Tanana City School District student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Tanana City School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Tanana City School District chronic absenteeism rate is 17.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Tanana City School District is typically wider than the Tanana City School District-aggregate figure suggests.