📍 General Delivery, Hooper Bay, Kusilvak Census Area, 99604
Hooper Bay School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Hooper Bay, Kusilvak Census Area. The school has 451 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lower Yukon School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
Hooper Bay School enrolls 451 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.6% Two or more races and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 440 | 98% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
451 of the school's 451 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hooper Bay School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Hooper Bay School is one of 11 schools in Lower Yukon School District, based in Mountain Village, Alaska. The district serves 2,027 students district-wide and employs 130 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 451 students, Hooper Bay School is larger than the district average of about 184 students per school.