Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School
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AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Alaska average is about 36 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School
Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School is a four-year high school of one-room-style scale in Galena, Alaska, run under Galena City School District, hosting 42 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 373 students each, so Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.
Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School is one of 4 schools operated by Galena City School District, a district that serves 8,168 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School lists that 86% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 12% White, 2% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area) logs that the typical household earns roughly $55,741 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School is one of 29 public schools in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (combined enrollment of about 3,273 students).
The closest other public school is Sidney C. Huntington Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School.
Sidney C. Huntington Jr/Sr High School operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 41 students in 2018 compared to 42 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 4.3:1 today.
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Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area at a glance
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