Ouzinkie School

Ouzinkie School operates as a minimally staffed K-12 campus in Ouzinkie, Alaska, operated by Kodiak Island Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 16 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so Ouzinkie School sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

Kodiak Island Borough School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 2,132 students; Ouzinkie School is among them.

On demographics, Ouzinkie School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ouzinkie School has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kodiak Island Borough (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kodiak Island Borough) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,250, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ouzinkie School is one of 12 public schools in Kodiak Island Borough (combined enrollment of about 2,122 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Star Elementary, around 8.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ouzinkie School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 20 (now 16). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.