Yukon-Koyukuk School District
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...
From crisis to model: How Yukon-Koyukuk cut chronic absenteeism by 35 points
Three years ago, more than half of the students in the Yukon-Koyukuk School District were chronically absent. By 2025, that figure had plummeted to 17%.
Every Year, Alaska Gains Seniors It Never Lost
In most states, the transition from 11th to 12th grade is where the pipeline leaks. Nationally, cohorts lose 3% to 5% of their students between junior and senior year to dropouts, transfers, and early...
Virtual Districts Are the Only Ones Growing in Alaska
Galena City School District is a village of roughly 500 people on the Yukon River, 270 air miles west of Fairbanks. It has one road in and no road out. It also enrolls 8,279 students, making it the fo...
One in Nine Alaska Students Now Learns by Mail
Galena is a village of roughly 500 people on the Yukon River, 270 air miles west of Fairbanks. It has no road access. Its school district enrolls 8,279 students.
Anchorage Lost More Students Than All of Alaska
Campbell STEM Elementary is Alaska's only STEM-certified elementary school. It has a waitlist. And it was approved for closure at the end of the 2025-26 school year because the Anchorage School Distri...