Nuiqsut Trapper School

Nuiqsut Trapper School runs as a low-enrollment combined-grade school in Nuiqsut, Alaska. Students in pre-K through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 143 students. The average among combined schools in Alaska is roughly 192 students; this school is 26% smaller than that.

North Slope Borough School District has 11 schools and 1,853 students, and Nuiqsut Trapper School is one of those schools.

Most students at Nuiqsut Trapper School are Native American: 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Nuiqsut Trapper School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.

Teachers at the school number 16 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.9:1. Among combined schools in Alaska, the typical ratio is 27.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 40% for public schools in North Slope Borough.

According to the American Community Survey, in North Slope Borough, median household income is about $95,694, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nuiqsut Trapper School is one of 11 public schools in North Slope Borough, which together enroll about 1,853 students.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Nuiqsut Trapper School had 169 students in 2020-21 and 143 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.1:1 in 2020-21, and 8.9:1 in 2024-25.

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