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District Overview

The Bering Strait School District, in northwest Alaska, serves fifteen villages on the Seward Peninsula, on the eastern end of Norton Sound and on two islands in the Bering Sea. Current enrollment is approximately 1800 students and is almost 100% Alaskan Native Inupiat, Yup'ik or Siberian Yup'ik.

Although the number of students served is relatively small, the area served covers approximately 80,000 square miles. Most of the schools are accessible only by small bush aircraft.

VILLAGE SCHOOLS

The professional staff at each school varies from seven to twenty-one, including the principal. Village support staff includes Locally Recognized Experts, cooks, custodians, secretaries, community education coordinators, and educational aides for a variety of programs.

The District Office for the Bering Strait School District (BSSD) is located in Unalakleet. BSSD operates K-12 school programs in:

• Brevig Mission

• Diomede

• Elim

• Gambell

• Golovin

• Koyuk

• St. Michael

• Savoonga

• Shaktoolik

• Shishmaref

• Stebbins

• Teller

• Unalakleet

• Wales

• White Mountain

These communities range in size from a population of 150 up to a population of nearly 900, while the student population in our schools ranges from 40 to 225 students.

In addition, the district has partnered with Nome City Schools and Northwest Arctic School District to maintain the Northwestern AlaskaCareer and Technical Center NACTEC. This program provides a wide range of programs in career and technical education through a facility in Nome.