Bering Strait School District

About the Company

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. It borders
the Arctic Circle, the International Dateline and
the Yukon River. The district headquarters is in
Unalakleet (400 mi NW of Anchorage) and serves
15 schools and a regional career and technical
education facility (NACTEC).
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. All communities are accessible only by small bush
aircraft, with the exception of Diomede, which requires helicopter service
most of the year. Many communities have a subsistence-based economy,
and a portion of the student body speaking English as a second language.