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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 99576

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At a glance

Schools

489

Students

Districts

Top rankedDillingham Elementary138^th of 166 Alaska elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 99576 is home to 4 small, high-poverty, rural Alaska schools serving approximately 489 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with no standalone middle school. The area includes two different districts: Dillingham City School District, which operates Dillingham Middle/High School and Dillingham Elementary, and Southwest Region School District, which operates Koliganek School and Twin Hills School. All schools serve populations with free-and-reduced-lunch rates near or above 100%, indicating extremely high economic need.

Within Dillingham City School District, Dillingham Elementary is the relative bright spot, with ELA proficiency of 22.92% and math proficiency of 19.79%—both well above the district averages of 15.60% and 15.14%, and far ahead of Dillingham Middle/High School, which posts only 9.84% ELA and 11.48% math proficiency. That secondary school is the lowest-ranked in the ZIP code: it sits at the 3rd percentile of Alaska high schools (0 stars) and its rank has declined three consecutive years, from the 21st percentile in 2023–24 to 12th in 2024–25 to 3rd in 2025–26. There are pockets of success at 8th grade, where math matches the state average and science exceeds it, but 9th- and 10th-grade results fall far below state norms.

Among the two small alternative schools in Southwest Region School District, outcomes are strikingly different. Koliganek School (60 students) achieved a perfect 100.0% graduation rate in 2024–2025, versus a 77.7% district rate. By contrast, Twin Hills School (26 students) reported a 0.0% graduation rate in 2023–2024 and no school-level rate the next year, along with a student–teacher ratio of 27.6—far higher than any other school in the ZIP code. These cohorts are tiny, so single-student swings drive dramatic differences. Overall, Dillingham Elementary and Koliganek show promising examples despite district-wide struggles, while Dillingham Middle/High and Twin Hills represent the most serious academic red flags in the area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAR English Language Arts (2026)								STAR Mathematics (2026)								ASA Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	STAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	STAR English Language Arts 9th Grade	STAR English Language Arts All Grades	STAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAR Mathematics 9th Grade	STAR Mathematics All Grades	ASA Science 5th Grade	ASA Science 8th Grade	ASA Science 10th Grade	ASA Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dillingham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	565 Seward St	Dillingham	99576	Dillingham Census Area	Dillingham City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 842-5642	180	17	10.5	101.7%	33 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	125 (69.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.0%)	18.3	138^th of 166 public elementary schools	16.9%		29.2	127^th of 175 public elementary schools	27.4%	11	< 10%	32.3	32.3					22.9	14.7	19.4	25.8					19.8	25.8			25.8	$22,374	$1,989	$20,385
Dillingham Middle/High School	Public	6-12	565 Seward St	Dillingham	99576	Dillingham Census Area	Dillingham City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 842-5221	223	19	12.0	100.9%	26 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	147 (65.9%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (20.2%)	7.1	60^th of 62 public high schools	3.2%		16.6	53^rd of 60 public high schools	11.7%	7				< 10%	< 10%	18.5	12.9	9.8				< 10%	8.1	33.3	< 10%	11.5		37.0	19.2	28.3	$23,457	$1,573	$21,884
Koliganek School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5052 Nushagak Way	Koliganek	99576	Dillingham Census Area	Southwest Region School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 596-3444	60	4	14.0	98.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.3%)								(n/a)			< 40%				< 40%	< 10%			< 40%				< 40%	< 10%	< 40%		< 40%	< 20%
Twin Hills School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	#5 Twin Hills School Rd	Twin Hills	99576	Dillingham Census Area	Southwest Region School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 525-4215	26	1	27.6	103.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (76.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (23.1%)								(n/a)								< 25%								< 25%

Cities Near Zip Code 99576

City	Distance	# of Schools
Twin Hills	0.59 mi	1
Togiak	5.72 mi	1
Goodnews Bay	47.22 mi	1
Manokotak	47.26 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.

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