Harold Kaveolook School

Harold Kaveolook School is a very small school serving multiple grade levels in Kaktovik, Alaska, one of the schools in North Slope Borough School District. It offers pre-K through 12 and has 63 students enrolled. Combined schools in Alaska have about 192 students on average; enrollment here is 67% lower.

District-wide, North Slope Borough School District has 11 schools and 1,853 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Harold Kaveolook School is Native American, at 97%. It is also 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harold Kaveolook School scores 6%.

Harold Kaveolook School reports a ratio of 10.5 students per teacher, from 6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 27.0:1 average for combined schools in Alaska is 16.5 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Harold Kaveolook School, 46% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

In North Slope Borough, home to about 10,810 people, the median household earns about $95,694 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in North Slope Borough number 11, with about 1,853 students.

For locale, NCES codes Harold Kaveolook School as Rural: Remote.

Enrollment went from 62 in 2020-21 to 63 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. The ratio of students to teachers went from 7.8:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.

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