Angoon School

Set in Angoon, Alaska, Angoon School is a very small all-grades campus, run under Chatham School District. It works with 70 students across grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so Angoon School sits 64% below that benchmark.

Within Chatham School District, which oversees 4 schools and 161 students, Angoon School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Angoon School lists that nearly all students (97%) are Native American. Other groups include 3% White.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Angoon School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 27.0:1, putting Angoon School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hoonah-Angoon Census Area put median household earnings sit near $61,406, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Angoon School is one of 6 public schools in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (combined enrollment of about 283 students).

The closest other public school is Chatham Correspondence, roughly 0.0 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 79 students in 2018 compared to 70 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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