Akiuk Memorial School

Set in Kasigluk, Alaska, Akiuk Memorial School is a tiny combined-grade school, overseen by Lower Kuskokwim School District. It caters to 73 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 192 students.

Within Lower Kuskokwim School District, which oversees 29 schools and 3,866 students, Akiuk Memorial School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Akiuk Memorial School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average. Roughly 103% of students at Akiuk Memorial School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Bethel Census Area's rate of about 94%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bethel Census Area indicate median household income runs about $73,996, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, Bethel Census Area runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students), of which Akiuk Memorial School is one.

The closest other public school is Akula Elitnaurvik School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Akiuk Memorial School's enrollment has ticked down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 108 (now 73).

On the community side, members of the Akiuk Memorial School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.