William Miller Memorial School

William Miller Memorial School operates as a tight-knit combined-grade school in Napakiak, Alaska, one of the schools within Lower Kuskokwim School District. Current enrollment sits at 78 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so William Miller Memorial School sits 59% below that benchmark.

Within Lower Kuskokwim School District, which oversees 29 schools and 3,866 students, William Miller Memorial School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, William Miller Memorial School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

On the income-and-resources front, William Miller Memorial School records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 27.0:1, putting William Miller Memorial School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 108% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Bethel Census Area's rate of about 94%.

Across the wider county, census data for Bethel Census Area shows the typical household earns roughly $73,996 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Bethel Census Area runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,697 students), of which William Miller Memorial School is one.

Qugcuun Memorial School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

William Miller Memorial School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Miller Memorial School has declined 15%, going from 92 students in 2018 to 78 in 2025.

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