Lower Yukon School District

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. 91% are American Indian or Alaska Native and 5% are multiracial.

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. 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.

Alakanuk School
Emmonak School
Hooper Bay School
Kotlik School
Marshall School
Mountain Village School
Nunam Iqua School
Pilot [Station, Alaska|Pilot Station] School
Russian Mission School
Scammon Bay School

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.

Former schools

School served eight students in pre-K through eighth grade and shut down after that 2011-12 school year. Students from Pitkas Point are now zoned for Saint Mary's City Schools.