NWABSD Home School

Located at 744 Third Ave, in Kotzebue, Alaska, NWABSD Home School is an one-room-style combined-grade school that educates 25 students (grades K through 12), operated by Northwest Arctic Borough School District. That puts it 87% leaner than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 192 students.

Within Northwest Arctic Borough School District, which oversees 13 schools and 1,945 students, NWABSD Home School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, NWABSD Home School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (92%); the rest comes out to 8% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Northwest Arctic Borough put the typical household earns roughly $84,018 per year, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NWABSD Home School is one of 13 public schools in Northwest Arctic Borough (combined enrollment of about 1,945 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kotzebue Middle/High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NWABSD Home School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NWABSD Home School has decreased 40%, going from 42 students in 2018 to 25 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 75.0:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 today.

On allk12, members of the NWABSD Home School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.