Mount Edgecumbe
15 Alaska Districts Below 70%: The Rural Bush Crisis
In the Yupiit School District, which serves four Yup'ik villages along the Kuskokwim River accessible only by small aircraft or boat, 17 of 37 seniors graduated in 2025. That is a 46.0% graduation rat...
At 9.7%, Mount Edgecumbe shows what's possible when students live at school
The numbers from Mount Edgecumbe read like a typo. In 2024-2025, the state-run boarding school in Sitka posted a chronic absenteeism rate of 9.65% -- the lowest of any district in Alaska. Its Native A...