Regular local school district · Nome Census Area
Nome Public Schools, AK: schools, enrollment and spending
Nome Public Schools runs 4 public schools with 672 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is 5.5 lower than the Alaska figure of 19.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 672
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- AK: 19.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- Mile 3.5 Nome-Teller Hwy, Nome, AK 99762
- Phone
- (907)443-2231
- County
- Nome Census Area
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0200570
- State district ID
- AK-35
- Total staff (FTE)
- 76
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 336 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (691), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $10.9 million
- Local revenue
- $4.1 million
- Total spending
- $16.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,525
- Salaries
- $6.5 million38.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.7%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 23.7%
Alaska overall
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 62.2%
- Local: 21.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,525
Alaska$21,336
United States$16,826
Schools in Nome Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Anvil City Science AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 5 to 8 | 60 | 15.0 |
| Extensions Correspondence | Other | K to 12 | 32 | |
| Nome ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 306 | 13.9 |
| Nome-Beltz Middle/HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 274 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Nome Census Area
- Bering Strait School District 1,745 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.