About Lower Yukon School District
Lower Yukon School District is a public school system serving Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, based in Mountain Village. It serves 2,027 students across 11 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #12 largest of Alaska’s 53 school systems.
Size and structure
Lower Yukon School District enrolls 2,027 students in 11 schools — an average of about 184 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #12 of 53 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Lower Yukon School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,027 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Lower Yukon School District employs about 129 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.8:1 — below the Alaska average of about 18.9:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 361.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Alaska funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Lower Yukon School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Alaska’s ESSA accountability system, the System for School Success, uses AK STAR assessment results, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and attendance to assign support designations, published in the Report Card to the Public. Look up Lower Yukon School District on the Alaska Report Card to the Public.
Accreditation status
Alaska does not run a mandatory accreditation system for its public districts; accreditation is voluntary and generally handled by Cognia (formerly the Northwest Accreditation Commission). Look up Lower Yukon School District in the free Cognia registry.
Lower Yukon School District vs. Alaska
See every Alaska district side by side in the Alaska directory.
Look up Lower Yukon School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):
