Akiak School

Set in Akiak, Alaska, Akiak School is a close-knit unified-grade school, part of Yupiit School District. It teaches 135 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 192 students.

Yupiit School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 522 students. Akiak School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Akiak School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average. About 105% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bethel Census Area runs at roughly 94%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bethel Census Area) reports that median household income runs about $73,996, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across Bethel Census Area's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students), Akiak School is one campus in the mix.

Akiachak School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Akiak School has ticked up 21%, going from 112 students in 2018 to 135 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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