Chatham Correspondence

Chatham Correspondence is a very small school serving multiple grade levels in Alaska, with an address in Angoon. It had 19 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 12. That compares with an average of about 192 students for combined schools in Alaska.

Chatham School District is responsible for 4 schools, Chatham Correspondence included, with 161 students in all.

White students are 79% of those enrolled at Chatham Correspondence. Next come 11% Black and 11% Native American. That compares with about 50% White among all Hoonah-Angoon Census Area residents.

Its ratio of 76.0:1 is based on 0.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Combined schools in Alaska average 27.0:1, 49.0 fewer students per teacher than here.

In the wider Hoonah-Angoon Census Area area, the median household earns about $61,406 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Chatham Correspondence shares Hoonah-Angoon Census Area with 5 other public schools.

Angoon School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Chatham Correspondence.

Federal data place Chatham Correspondence in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area. Chatham Correspondence carries a virtual school designation in NCES data.

This page is set up for the Chatham Correspondence community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.