AK-TRAILS Correspondence

As a rural-scale multi-level school in Thorne Bay, Alaska, AK-TRAILS Correspondence instructs 15 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by Southeast Island School District. Enrollment runs roughly 92% leaner than the state mean of about 192.

Southeast Island School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 164 students. AK-TRAILS Correspondence is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, AK-TRAILS Correspondence shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 13% Native American. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, AK-TRAILS Correspondence has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area shows median household earnings sit near $61,156, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,441 students), AK-TRAILS Correspondence is one campus in the mix.

Thorne Bay School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a rural setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

On the community side, members of the AK-TRAILS Correspondence community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.