Kotzebue Middle/High School

Set in Kotzebue, Alaska, Kotzebue Middle/High School is a cozy high school, one of the schools within Northwest Arctic Borough School District. It caters to 299 students across grades 6 through 12.

Northwest Arctic Borough School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 1,945 students; Kotzebue Middle/High School is among them.

Demographically, Kotzebue Middle/High School reports that 86% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority; the rest consists of 9% multiracial, 4% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Northwest Arctic Borough runs at roughly 94%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kotzebue Middle/High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 24.2%; this one comes in at 8.0%, -16.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Northwest Arctic Borough) logs that median household income runs about $84,018, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Kotzebue Middle/High School is one of 13 public schools in Northwest Arctic Borough (combined enrollment of about 1,945 students).

Nearest neighbor: NWABSD Home School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kotzebue Middle/High School has edged down 7%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 8% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Kotzebue Middle/High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.