Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary

Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary is an one-room-style primary school in Kalskag, Alaska, part of Kuspuk School District. The school enrolls 46 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary sits 83% leaner than that benchmark.

Kuspuk School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 309 students; Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary records that 96% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. The remainder looks like 2% White, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 102% of students at Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Bethel Census Area's rate of about 94%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bethel Census Area) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,996 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bethel Census Area runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students), of which Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: George Morgan Sr. H.S., around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 6 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Joseph S. & Olinga Gregory Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 36%: 72 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.