Takotna Community School

Takotna Community School is one of the tiny combined-grade schools in Takotna, Alaska, operated by Iditarod Area School District, with 11 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% below the state mean of about 192.

Iditarod Area School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 263 students; Takotna Community School is among them.

On demographics, Takotna Community School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 27% White, 27% Native American, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area as a whole is about 2% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Takotna Community School reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area indicate median household earnings sit near $55,741, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Takotna Community 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 McGrath School, roughly 14.8 miles away.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Takotna Community School has ticked down 50%, going from 22 students in 2018 to 11 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 14% to 36% over that span.

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