Eagle Community School

Eagle Community School, a rural-scale unified-grade school in Eagle, Alaska, one of the schools within Alaska Gateway School District, teaches 12 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 192 students per school, that is 94% leaner than typical.

Alaska Gateway School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 390 students. Eagle Community School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Eagle Community School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Eagle Community School has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Southeast Fairbanks Census Area's rate of about 55%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Southeast Fairbanks Census Area) logs that the typical household earns roughly $73,882 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,335 students), of which Eagle Community School is one.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Eagle Community School's enrollment has decreased 56% since 2018, when it stood at 27 (now 12). White enrollment moved from 26% to 92% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Eagle Community School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.