Nuniwarmiut School

Nuniwarmiut School is one of the micro-enrollment all-grades campuss in Mekoryuk, Alaska, run under Lower Kuskokwim School District, with 43 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 192 students per school, that is 78% smaller than typical.

Within Lower Kuskokwim School District, which oversees 29 schools and 3,866 students, Nuniwarmiut School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Nuniwarmiut School logs that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 27.0:1, putting Nuniwarmiut School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 102% of students at Nuniwarmiut School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bethel Census Area runs at roughly 94%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Bethel Census Area shows the typical household earns roughly $73,996 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Nuniwarmiut School is one of 41 public schools in Bethel Census Area (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students).

Paul T. Albert Memorial School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 34.8 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Nuniwarmiut School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 49 (now 43). Class-load math has widened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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