Southeast Island School District
Southeast Island Returned Below Its 2019 Absenteeism Rate, One of Six Alaska Districts
Correction: An earlier version described the recovery comparison as covering 53 districts. The comparison includes 52 districts with reported chronic absenteeism rates in both 2019 and 2025.
Six Alaska Districts Have Fewer Than 100 Students
The school in Pelican enrolls 16 students. The entire district is one building, on an island in the Gulf of Alaska accessible only by floatplane or state ferry. There is no road to Pelican. There is n...