Cruikshank School

Set in Beaver, Alaska, Cruikshank School is a micro-enrollment unified-grade school, run under Yukon Flats School District. It caters to 16 students across grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% leaner than the state mean of about 192.

Across the 6 schools in Yukon Flats School District (175 students total), Cruikshank School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Cruikshank School records that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, Cruikshank School lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's rate of about 86%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area put median household income runs about $55,741, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,273 students), Cruikshank School is one campus in the mix.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 13 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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