📍 School Rd, Port Heiden, Lake and Peninsula Borough, 99549
Meshik School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Port Heiden, Lake and Peninsula Borough. The school has 30 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lake and Peninsula Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 4.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
Meshik School enrolls 30 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 4.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% American Indian or Alaska Native and 3.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 29 | 97% |
| White | 1 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
30 of the school's 30 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.
Meshik School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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.
Meshik School is one of 13 schools in Lake and Peninsula Borough School District, based in King Salmon, Alaska. The district serves 320 students district-wide and employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 30 students, Meshik School is larger than the district average of about 25 students per school.
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