Gambell’s public schools score below 69% of Alaska districts
The public schools Gambell’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of Alaska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
What Gambell’s schools are like
Holds up better next to similar towns
Against all Alaska districts, Gambell beats only 31%. Against the 90 towns with similar household incomes, it beats 49%. Part of the low grade reflects local incomes rather than the schools alone. How it compares ↓
Gambell’s schools are very small
All of Gambell’s public school students add up to 154 children, with about 9 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Graduation holds up better than test scores
Test scores run well below the state, but 77% of students still graduate on time. That’s only 2 points under the state average of 79%.
One school for every grade
Gambell has a single public school, Gambell School, covering pre-K through graduation, so kids stay with the same classmates the whole way through. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Gambell compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alaska’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Alaska only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Gambell.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Gambell
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Gambell families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Alaska. Stars are from neighbors.