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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