Regular local school district · Nome Census Area
Bering Strait School District, AK: schools, enrollment and spending
Bering Strait School District runs 15 public schools with 1,745 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 8.4 lower than the Alaska figure of 19.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 1,745
- Teachers (FTE)
- 161
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- AK: 19.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 225 Main St, Unalakleet, AK 99684
- Phone
- (907)624-4261
- County
- Nome Census Area
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0200020
- State district ID
- AK-07
- Total staff (FTE)
- 469
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 218 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 30.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
Alaska19.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,839), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $68.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $29.7 million
- State revenue
- $35.8 million
- Local revenue
- $2.8 million
- Total spending
- $76.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $41,833
- Salaries
- $30.3 million39.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 43.5%
- State: 52.4%
- Local: 4.0%
Alaska overall
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 62.2%
- Local: 21.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$41,833
Alaska$21,336
United States$16,826
Schools in Bering Strait School District
By level: 15 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aniguiin SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 90 | 9.0 |
| Anthony A. Andrews SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 112 | 8.0 |
| Brevig Mission SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 163 | 11.6 |
| Diomede SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 22 | 7.3 |
| Gambell SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 154 | 9.1 |
| Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 236 | 15.7 |
| James C. Isabell SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 67 | 11.2 |
| Koyuk-Malimiut SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 101 | 12.6 |
| Martin L. Olson SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 39 | 7.8 |
| Shaktoolik SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 67 | 7.4 |
| Shishmaref SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 185 | 14.2 |
| Tukurngailnguq SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 239 | 14.9 |
| Unalakleet SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 173 | 10.2 |
| Wales SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 31 | 6.2 |
| White Mountain SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 66 | 7.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Nome Census Area
- Nome Public Schools 672 students
More in Alaska
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.