Enrollment
9
Combined
DISTRICT 21 · STATE 192
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHEAST ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020070000526
Whale Pass School
126 Bayview Rd, Whale Pass, AK 99950 · (907) 846-5320 · Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL9 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
1 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.9:1 · STATE 27.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
9 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 1 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 3 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 3 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 11% |
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
AK avg 36.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
AK avg 34.6% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 44.4% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Alaska's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Whale Pass School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9 | #173 of 174 | #10 of 10 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
9
-11 (-55%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 10.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9 | 1.5 | 6.0:1 | 100% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 11 | 1.3 | 8.8:1 | 36% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 17 | 2.3 | 7.4:1 | 59% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 20 | 2 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 18 | 1.9 | 9.5:1 | 94% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 10 | 1 | 10.0:1 | 90% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whale Pass School.
Since 2017-18: students down 50% (18 to 9); teachers down 22% (1.9 to 1.5).
About Whale Pass School
Whale Pass School serves students in Whale Pass, Alaska, as a very small school serving multiple grade levels. Enrollment stands at 9 students, covering pre-K through 12. The school is 95% below the average for combined schools in Alaska.
Whale Pass School is one of the 8 schools that make up Southeast Island School District (164 students in total).
About 56% of the student body at Whale Pass School is White. Other groups make up 44% Hispanic. County-wide, 44% of Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area residents are White.
Its ratio of 6.0:1 is based on 1.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, combined schools in Alaska average 27.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Whale Pass School is 18.7%. It actually posts 47.2%, which is 28.5 points higher and in the top 10% of Alaska schools.
In the surrounding county, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, median household income comes to about $61,156, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 1,441 students.
Measured in a straight line, Howard Valentine Coffman Cove School is about 13.3 miles from Whale Pass School.
Federal data place Whale Pass School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21 the school reported 20 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 9. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. Federal data show the ratio falling from 10.0:1 to 6.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,715
Census ACS
Median income
$61,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
1,441 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southeast Island School District
- Thorne Bay SchoolCombined · 66 students
- Howard Valentine Coffman Cove SchoolCombined · 19 students
- Barry Craig Stewart Kasaan SchoolCombined · 18 students
- AK-TRAILS CorrespondenceCombined · 15 students
- Naukati SchoolCombined · 14 students
- Hollis SchoolCombined · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Howard Valentine Coffman Cove School13.3 mi · 19
- Naukati School17.4 mi · 14
- Wrangell High School37.5 mi · 71
- Stikine Middle School37.5 mi · 59
- AK-TRAILS Correspondence37.5 mi · 15
- Thorne Bay School37.5 mi · 66
Frequently asked questions
About Whale Pass SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whale Pass School?
Whale Pass School enrolls approximately 9 students in grades PK-12.
Is Whale Pass School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whale Pass School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whale Pass School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whale Pass School is approximately 6.0:1 (1 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Whale Pass School?
Student demographics at Whale Pass School are roughly 56% White, 44% Hispanic.
What district is Whale Pass School in?
Whale Pass School is part of Southeast Island School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.