📍 981 North Point Higgins Rd NTG, Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 99901
Point Higgins School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The school has 241 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
Point Higgins School enrolls 241 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 17% American Indian or Alaska Native and 6.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 173 | 72% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 41 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
65 of the school's 241 students (27%) 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.
Point Higgins School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Point Higgins School is one of 9 schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, based in Ketchikan, Alaska. The district serves 2,043 students district-wide and employs 175 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 241 students, Point Higgins School is close to the district average of about 227 students per school.
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