Chief Paul Memorial School

Chief Paul Memorial School operates as a medium-sized multi-level school in Kipnuk, Alaska, overseen by Lower Kuskokwim School District. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades pre-K through 12.

Lower Kuskokwim School District runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 3,866 students. Chief Paul Memorial School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Chief Paul Memorial School shows that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bethel Census Area indicate median household earnings sit near $73,996, 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 Chief Paul Memorial School is one.

The closest other public school is Chaputnguak School, roughly 17.4 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Chief Paul Memorial School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 218 (now 222). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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