Sidney C. Huntington Elementary

Set in Galena, Alaska, Sidney C. Huntington Elementary is a rural-scale elementary campus, run under Galena City School District. It caters to 65 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 77% below the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 277 students.

Galena City School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 8,168 students. Sidney C. Huntington Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sidney C. Huntington Elementary records that 83% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 12% White, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Sidney C. Huntington Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,741 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,273 students), of which Sidney C. Huntington Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Sidney C. Huntington Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Sidney C. Huntington Elementary's enrollment has rose 18% since 2018, when it stood at 55 (now 65). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 18% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 today.

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