Lower Yukon School District

School district in Alaska, U.S

Lower Yukon School District is a school district headquartered in Mountain Village, Alaska, serving the Kusilvak Census Area. As of the 2017-18 school year, it has 1,998 students across 10 schools.^[1] 91% are American Indian or Alaska Native and 5% are multiracial.^[2]

Schools

The district operates only K-12 schools due to the small and isolated nature of the villages within the district. Each village has one school.^[3] High school students have the option of applying out-of-district to the state's public boarding schools, Nenana Student Living Center and Mt. Edgecumbe High School.^[4]

Alakanuk School (226 students)
Emmonak School (207 students)
Hooper Bay School (456 students)
Kotlik School (179 students)
Marshall School (119 students)
Mountain Village School (196 students)
Nunam Iqua School (64 students)
Pilot Station School (191 students)
Russian Mission School (125 students)
Scammon Bay School (234 students)

High school juniors and seniors may apply to spend nine-week sessions at Kusilvak Career Academy, a residential program that allows students to take career and technical education classes in Anchorage.^[5]

Former schools

Pitkas Point School served eight students in pre-K through eighth grade and shut down after that 2011-12 school year.^[6] Students from Pitkas Point are now zoned for Saint Mary's City Schools.^[7]

References

^ "Lower Yukon School District". Retrieved October 9, 2019.
^ "ACS School District Profile 2013-17". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
^ "Search for Public Schools - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
^ Brown, Cathy (June 27, 2004). "Alaska Boarding Schools Make a Comeback". Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
^ "New program gives rural Alaska teens career training in Anchorage". www.ktva.com. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
^ "Pitkas Point School". education.alaska.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
^ "Dwindling students mean four more rural Alaska schools will close". Anchorage Daily News. June 5, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2019.