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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.