Saint Mary's School

Located at 1 Dixon Circle, in Saint Mary's, Alaska, Saint Mary's School is a mid-tier combined-grade school that serves 178 students (grades pre-K through 12), one of the schools within Saint Mary's School District.

Saint Mary's School is a school of Saint Mary's School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Saint Mary's School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (94%); the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kusilvak Census Area put median household earnings sit near $51,471, about 6% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 32% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saint Mary's School is one of 13 public schools in Kusilvak Census Area (combined enrollment of about 2,525 students).

The closest other public school is Pilot Station School, roughly 12.3 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Saint Mary's School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 194 (now 178).

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