Bristol Bay Middle/High School

As a tiny four-year high school in Naknek, Alaska, Bristol Bay Middle/High School instructs 49 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by Bristol Bay Borough School District. That puts it 87% smaller than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 373 students.

Bristol Bay Middle/High School is one of 3 schools operated by Bristol Bay Borough School District, a district that educates 106 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bristol Bay Middle/High School records that Native American students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder comes out to 14% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Bristol Bay Middle/High School shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Bristol Bay Middle/High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bristol Bay Borough (around 76%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bristol Bay Borough) reports that median household earnings sit near $95,625, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 1%. Bristol Bay Middle/High School is one of 4 public schools in Bristol Bay Borough (combined enrollment of about 114 students).

Nearest neighbor: Naknek Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bristol Bay Middle/High School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Bristol Bay Middle/High School's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 63 (now 49). Over the same period, the White share declined from 30% to 14%.

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