Lower Yukon School District

Lower Yukon School District is a school district headquartered in Mountain Village, Alaska, serving the Kusilvak Census Area. As of the 2017-18 school year, it has 1,998 students across 10 schools.[1] 91% are American Indian or Alaska Native and 5% are multiracial.[2]

Schools

The district operates only K-12 schools due to the small and isolated nature of the villages within the district. Each village has one school.[3] High school students have the option of applying out-of-district to the state's public boarding schools, Nenana Student Living Center and Mt. Edgecumbe High School.[4]

High school juniors and seniors may apply to spend nine-week sessions at Kusilvak Career Academy, a residential program that allows students to take career and technical education classes in Anchorage.[5]

Former schools

Pitkas Point School served eight students in pre-K through eighth grade and shut down after that 2011-12 school year.[6] Students from Pitkas Point now attend school in St. Mary's, which operates its own school district.[7]

References
  1. "Lower Yukon School District". Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "ACS School District Profile 2013-17". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "Search for Public Schools - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. Brown, Cathy (27 June 2004). "Alaska Boarding Schools Make a Comeback". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. "New program gives rural Alaska teens career training in Anchorage". www.ktva.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. "Pitkas Point School". education.alaska.gov. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  7. "Dwindling students mean four more rural Alaska schools will close". Anchorage Daily News. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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