About Southeast Island School District
Southeast Island School District is a public school system serving Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, based in Thorne Bay. It serves 164 students across 8 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #42 largest of Alaska’s 53 school systems.
Size and structure
Southeast Island School District enrolls 164 students in 8 schools — an average of about 20 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #42 of 53 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Southeast Island School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (164 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
Southeast Island School District employs about 19 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1 — below the Alaska average of about 18.9:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 52.
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 Southeast Island 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 Southeast Island 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 Southeast Island School District in the free Cognia registry.
Southeast Island School District vs. Alaska
See every Alaska district side by side in the Alaska directory.
Look up Southeast Island 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):