Hooper Bay Charter School

Hooper Bay, Alaska, is home to Hooper Bay Charter School, a very small middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 65 students, and the grades served are 4 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Alaska enroll about 399 students on average.

Lower Yukon School District is the local district for Hooper Bay Charter School. It runs 11 schools with 2,027 students.

Native American students are 100% of those enrolled at Hooper Bay Charter School. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 0, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.0:1. The average for middle schools in Alaska, 17.5:1, is higher.

Kusilvak Census Area is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $51,471, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 6%, and roughly 32% of residents are in poverty. There are 13 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,525, Hooper Bay Charter School among them.

Of the public schools around it, Hooper Bay Charter School is closest to Hooper Bay School, less than a tenth of a mile away.

NCES describes the area around Hooper Bay Charter School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

Federal records list enrollment at Hooper Bay Charter School as 45 in 2020-21 and 65 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Students per teacher dropped from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 13.0 in 2024-25.

The allk12 page for Hooper Bay Charter School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.