Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School

Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School, located in Nightmute, Alaska, is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. It is open to students in pre-K through 12 and enrolls 83 students. Combined schools in Alaska have about 192 students on average; enrollment here is 57% lower.

Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School reports to Lower Kuskokwim School District, which has 29 schools and 3,866 students.

Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School is 99% Native American by enrollment. The diversity index for Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School reported 5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.6:1. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Alaska is 27.0:1. There are 83 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment.

The school's county is Bethel Census Area. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $73,996, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and about 22% of people live in poverty. Bethel Census Area's 41 public schools enroll about 4,697 students and include Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School.

Of the public schools around it, Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School is closest to Nelson Island Area School, about 13.7 miles away.

By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 83, down from 99 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.6:1, from 24.8:1.

Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.