At $76,782 per pupil, Yukon Flats School District ranks #1 of 53 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending (Alaska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Yukon Flats School District operates 6 public schools serving 197 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $76,782 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 6 of 53 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alaska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.7% local, 45.1% state, and 53.2% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs.
and 29.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 7.3% White, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Circle School, with a diversity index of 49.1/100.
Its largest campus is Fort Yukon School, enrolling 76 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tsuk Taih School, at 11 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Fort Yukon School accounts for 38.6% of all Yukon Flats School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Yukon Flats School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Yukon Flats School District school enrollment varies 6.9× across entities
Yukon Flats School District school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 76 students (highest), a spread of 65 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.
Yukon Flats School District reports 86.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Yukon Flats School District chronic absenteeism rate is 29.0% — 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 Yukon Flats School District is typically wider than the Yukon Flats School District-aggregate figure suggests.