Diomede School

Diomede School, a micro-enrollment all-grades campus in Diomede, Alaska, part of Bering Strait School District, teaches 22 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so Diomede School sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Bering Strait School District, which oversees 15 schools and 1,745 students, Diomede School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Diomede School reports that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 27.0:1, putting Diomede School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Nome Census Area reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,681 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Nome Census Area's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,417 students), Diomede School is one campus in the mix.

Wales School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 26.8 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Diomede School's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 23 (now 22).

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