Manokotak School

Located at 130 Heights Rd, in Manokotak, Alaska, Manokotak School is a compact multi-level school that caters to 139 students (grades pre-K through 12), operated by Southwest Region School District. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so Manokotak School sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Southwest Region School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 615 students. Manokotak School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Manokotak School shows that 95% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority; the rest looks like 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, census data for Dillingham Census Area shows the typical household earns roughly $78,533 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dillingham Census Area runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,018 students), of which Manokotak School is one.

The closest other public school is Clarks Point School, roughly 17.2 miles away.

Manokotak School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 128 students in 2018 compared to 139 in 2025.

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