Cantwell School

Cantwell School is a very small combined-grade school in Cantwell, Alaska, part of Denali Borough School District. The school instructs 14 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 93% smaller than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 192 students.

Within Denali Borough School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,073 students, Cantwell School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cantwell School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 29% Native American, 14% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, Denali Borough reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,781 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Cantwell School is one of 4 public schools in Denali Borough (combined enrollment of about 1,073 students).

The closest other public school is Denali PEAK, roughly 33.4 miles away.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cantwell School has stayed largely flat, going from 14 students in 2018 to 14 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 64% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 4.5:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.