Davis-Ramoth School

Davis-Ramoth School serves students in Selawik, Alaska, as a medium-sized combined-grade school. Students in pre-K through 12 attend, and enrollment is 252 students. The typical figure for combined schools in Alaska is about 192 students.

Northwest Arctic Borough School District is the local district for Davis-Ramoth School. It runs 13 schools with 1,945 students.

Native American students are the large majority at Davis-Ramoth School, with 96% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial. Davis-Ramoth School has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.7:1, with 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among combined schools in Alaska, the typical ratio is 27.0:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Davis-Ramoth School is 99%.

Northwest Arctic Borough has about 7,441 residents, and median household income is about $84,018, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Davis-Ramoth School is one of 13 public schools in Northwest Arctic Borough, which together enroll about 1,945 students.

The nearest public school is Kiana School, at about 27.9 miles.

Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area. Davis-Ramoth School is a virtual school according to federal records.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 252 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 272. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.7:1.

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