Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School

Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School operates as a mid-tier multi-level school in Kwethluk, Alaska, overseen by Lower Kuskokwim School District. Current enrollment sits at 255 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

Lower Kuskokwim School District runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 3,866 students. Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School shows that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bethel Census Area indicate median household income runs about $73,996, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bethel Census Area's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students), Ket'acik/Aapalluk Memorial School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Akiachak School, around 7.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 282 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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