Koliganek School

Koliganek School is a very small school serving multiple grade levels in Koliganek, Alaska, one of the schools in Southwest Region School District. It enrolls 60 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 12. The school is 69% below the average for combined schools in Alaska.

Koliganek School is one of 8 schools in Southwest Region School District, which enrolls 615 students in total.

Native American students are 97% of those enrolled at Koliganek School. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.

Its staff includes 4.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.0 students per teacher. The average for combined schools in Alaska, 27.0:1, is higher. Koliganek School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 98%. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Dillingham Census Area.

American Community Survey estimates for Dillingham Census Area show that the median household earns about $78,533 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Dillingham Census Area has 10 public schools with about 1,018 students, including Koliganek School.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Chief Ivan Blunka School, is about 19.1 miles.

Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 60 in 2020-21, 60 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.

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