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Fairbanks, Alaska - 10 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Yukon-Koyukuk School District #20 of 40 districts in Alaska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,001 per pupil, Yukon-Koyukuk School District ranks #51 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending (Alaska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Yukon-Koyukuk School District operates 10 public schools serving 3,100 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,001 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 6 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alaska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 6.5% local, 69.5% state, and 24.0% 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 45/100, ranked #20 of 40 in Alaska against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 105.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 49.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 10.2% White, 0.6% Asian, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Raven School, with a diversity index of 58.4/100.
Its largest campus is Raven School, enrolling 3,687 students (92% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rampart School, at 10 students, a 369x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Raven School accounts for 92.2% of all Yukon-Koyukuk School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Yukon-Koyukuk School District a distant remainder — means Yukon-Koyukuk 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.
Yukon-Koyukuk School District school enrollment varies 369× across entities
Yukon-Koyukuk School District school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 3,687 students (highest), a spread of 3,677 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Yukon-Koyukuk School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 92.9% 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.
Yukon-Koyukuk School District student-counselor ratio is 105:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Yukon-Koyukuk School District chronic absenteeism rate is 49.3% — 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 Yukon-Koyukuk School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Yukon-Koyukuk School District?
Yukon-Koyukuk School District has 10 schools, including 10 combined. Total enrollment is 3,100 students.
How much does Yukon-Koyukuk School District spend per student?
Yukon-Koyukuk School District spends $11,001 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #20 in Alaska.
What is the demographic composition of Yukon-Koyukuk School District?
Yukon-Koyukuk School District students are 10.2% White, 0.6% Asian, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, averaged across 10 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Yukon-Koyukuk School District?
Yukon-Koyukuk School District has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #20 out of 40 districts in Alaska.