Lower Yukon School District
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Lower Yukon School District is a school district headquartered in Mountain Village, Alaska, serving the Kusilvak Census Area. As of the 2017-18 school year, it has 1,998 students across 10 schools.{{cite web |title=Lower Yukon School District |url=https://education.alaska.gov/compass/Report/2017-2018/32 |accessdate=9 October 2019}} 91% are American Indian or Alaska Native and 5% are multiracial.{{cite web |title=ACS School District Profile 2013-17 |url=https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/Edge/ACSDashboard/0200003 |website=nces.ed.gov |accessdate=9 October 2019}}
Schools
The district operates only K-12 schools due to the small and isolated nature of the villages within the district. Each village has one school.{{cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - Search Results |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&InstName=&SchoolID=&Address=&City=&State=02&Zip=&Miles=&County=&PhoneAreaCode=&Phone=&DistrictName=Lower+Yukon+School+District&DistrictID=&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1 |website=nces.ed.gov |accessdate=9 October 2019}} High school students have the option of applying out-of-district to the state's public boarding schools, Nenana Student Living Center and Mt. Edgecumbe High School.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Cathy |title=Alaska Boarding Schools Make a Comeback |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/06/27/alaska-boarding-schools-make-a-comeback/f265d08a-9a3d-461e-9484-3943b96943a6/?noredirect=on |website=Washington Post |accessdate=9 October 2019 |date=27 June 2004}}
- Alakanuk School (226 students)
- Emmonak School (207 students)
- Hooper Bay School (456 students)
- Kotlik School (179 students)
- Marshall School (119 students)
- Mountain Village School (196 students)
- Nunam Iqua School (64 students)
- Pilot Station School (191 students)
- Russian Mission School (125 students)
- Scammon Bay School (234 students)
High school juniors and seniors may apply to spend nine-week sessions at Kusilvak Career Academy, a residential program that allows students to take career and technical education classes in Anchorage.{{cite web |title=New program gives rural Alaska teens career training in Anchorage |url=https://www.ktva.com/story/41284993/new-lower-yukon-school-district-program-gives-rural-alaska-teens-career-training-in-anchorage |website=www.ktva.com |accessdate=27 November 2019 |language=en}}
=Former schools=
Pitkas Point School served eight students in pre-K through eighth grade and shut down after that 2011-12 school year.{{cite web |title=Pitkas Point School |url=https://education.alaska.gov/DOE_Rolodex/SchoolCalendar/Home/SchoolDetails/320120 |website=education.alaska.gov |accessdate=27 November 2019}} Students from Pitkas Point are now zoned for Saint Mary's City Schools.{{cite web |title=Dwindling students mean four more rural Alaska schools will close |url=https://www.adn.com/rural-alaska/article/dwindling-students-mean-four-more-rural-alaska-schools-will-close/2012/06/05/ |website=Anchorage Daily News |accessdate=27 November 2019 |date=5 June 2012}}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://lysd.org/}}
{{School Districts in Alaska}}