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Lower Yukon School District

Mountain Village, Alaska · Public school district · #12 of 17 Alaska districts by enrollment

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2,027

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$33,959

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 57% above the Alaska median

15.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Alaska median 16.7

Lower Yukon School District is a public school district based in Mountain Village, Alaska, serving 2,027 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #12 of the 17 Alaska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 184 students each, fewer than the Alaska median of 227. It spends about $33,959 per student on day-to-day operations, 57% more than the Alaska median. It has roughly 15.8 students per teacher.

How Lower Yukon compares

Lower YukonAlaska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$33,959

Alaska median $21,685 · 57% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$14,874

Alaska median $12,224 · 22% above · FY2020-21

Students per school184

Alaska median 227 · 19% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.8

Alaska median 16.7 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor507

Alaska median 454 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$66.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 44%State 53%Local 3%

Measure	Lower Yukon	Alaska median	Year
Current spending per student	$33,959	$21,685	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,874	$12,224	FY2020-21
Total spending	$77.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$66.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	128	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	361	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.8	16.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	507	454	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Alaska median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Alaska

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictKodiak	2,122	12	$24,102	14.2	#10
Ketchikan Gateway Borough School DistrictKetchikan	2,043	9	$22,299	13.9	#11
Lower Yukon School DistrictMountain Village · this district	2,027	11	$33,959	15.8	#12
Northwest Arctic Borough School DistrictKotzebue	1,945	13	$35,081	15.9	#13
North Slope Borough School DistrictUtqiagvik	1,853	11	$38,413	11.4	#14

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
RSU 52/msad 52Turner, ME	2,028	$15,619	12.1
Knoch School DistrictSaxonburg, PA	2,028	$14,166	14.5
Suffield School DistrictSuffield, CT	2,027	$20,602	12.4
MilanMilan, TN	2,026	$10,455	n/a

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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