Enrollment
194
Combined
DISTRICT 1,140 · STATE 192
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NENANA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020054000251
Nenana City School
406 E 2nd St, Nenana, AK 99760 · (907) 832-5464 · Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
GRADES KG–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Alaska public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 85.7:1 · STATE 27.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
150 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 7 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 3 | 2% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 3% |
| Grade 4 | 4 | 2% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 4% |
| Grade 9 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 38 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 18% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
15.5%
AK avg 36.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
10.3%
AK avg 34.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.5% | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 11.3% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nenana City School
Nenana City School's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nenana City School this school | 194 | 77.3% | 16.4% |
| Hoonah City School Hoonah | 110 | 64.5% | 17.1% |
| Alakanuk School Alakanuk | 248 | 90.7% | N/A |
| Tuluksak School Tuluksak | 133 | 91.7% | N/A |
| Kake Elementary & High School Kake | 117 | 90.6% | 28.0% |
| Klawock City School Klawock | 127 | 94.5% | 22.8% |
Matched among Alaska K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nenana City School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #9 of 16 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #12 of 30 no change | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #14 of 23 ▼ 3 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #17 of 174 | #1 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #43 of 54 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
194
+85 (+78%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 9.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 194 | 14.1 | 13.8:1 | 77% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 13.6 | 13.8:1 | 80% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 13.3 | 14.0:1 | 68% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 109 | 12 | 9.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 177 | 14.4 | 12.3:1 | 51% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 178 | 15 | 11.9:1 | 46% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 200 | 14 | 14.3:1 | 46% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 143 | 17 | 8.4:1 | 45% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 15 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nenana City School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (177 to 194); teachers down 2% (14.4 to 14.1).
About Nenana City School
Students in Nenana, Alaska, attend Nenana City School, a medium-sized combined-grade school. The school had 194 students in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Nenana City School District totals 2,279 students.
Nenana City School is 63% Native American by enrollment. Smaller groups are 26% White and 10% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Nenana City School counts 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 13.2 below the 27.0:1 average for combined schools in Alaska. About 77% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 86% average for public schools in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Nenana City School a C. The grade compares the school only with Alaska public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Alaska, Nenana City School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 16.4% actual against a predicted 26.6%.
In Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (population about 5,195), the median household income is $55,741, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Nenana City School is one of 29 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is CyberLynx Correspondence Program, at less than a tenth of a mile.
Under the NCES locale system, Nenana City School is Rural: Remote.
The 2020-21 count was 109 students and the 2024-25 count was 194. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,195
Census ACS
Median income
$55,741
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
3,273 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nenana City School District
- CyberLynx Correspondence ProgramCombined · 2,085 students
Nearby schools
- CyberLynx Correspondence Program0.1 mi · 2,085
- Anderson School15.4 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Nenana City SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nenana City School?
Nenana City School enrolls approximately 194 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Nenana City School serve?
Nenana City School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Nenana City School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Nenana City School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nenana City School?
At Nenana City School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Nenana City School public or private?
Nenana City School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nenana City School District.
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