Dillingham Elementary

Dillingham Elementary is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Dillingham, Alaska, part of Dillingham City School District, enrolling 180 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 277 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

Within Dillingham City School District, which oversees 2 schools and 403 students, Dillingham Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dillingham Elementary shows that 69% of the student body identifies as Native American. Beyond that, the school reports 18% White, 10% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Dillingham Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 102% of students at Dillingham Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dillingham Census Area put median household income runs about $78,533, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Dillingham Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Dillingham Census Area (combined enrollment of about 1,018 students).

Dillingham Middle/High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 250 students in 2018 compared to 180 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 14% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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