Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary

Located at 200 Boundary Ave, in Aniak, Alaska, Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary is a rural-scale elementary campus that works with 53 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Kuspuk School District. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary sits 81% below that benchmark.

Kuspuk School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 309 students. Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary reports that 94% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. The remainder breaks down as 4% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Bethel Census Area's rate of about 94%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bethel Census Area) records that the typical household earns roughly $73,996 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Bethel Census Area runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students), of which Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary is one.

Aniak Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary's enrollment has declined 44% since 2018, when it stood at 94 (now 53). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.