Mountain Village School

As an average-sized all-grades campus in Mountain Village, Alaska, Mountain Village School hosts 185 students from grades pre-K through 12, overseen by Lower Yukon School District.

Mountain Village School is one of 11 schools operated by Lower Yukon School District, a district that hosts 2,027 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Mountain Village School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (97%); the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 109% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kusilvak Census Area (around 101%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kusilvak Census Area indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,471 per year, 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 32%. In all, Kusilvak Census Area runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,525 students), of which Mountain Village School is one.

The closest other public school is Saint Mary's School, roughly 17.9 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain Village School has ticked down 6%, going from 196 students in 2018 to 185 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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