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Nightmute

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About Nightmute

City in Alaska, United States
1974Established
306Population
101 sq miArea
75 ftElevation

Nightmute (Central Yupik: Negtemiut or Negta) is a city and village in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 208 at the 2000 census, 280 as of the 2010 census and 306 as of the 2020 census.

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ZIP code99690
Area code99690
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Health in Nightmute

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1better than AK·26worse

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 5 are too close to call.

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Tununak ClinicTununak · 3.7 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careShortage · county-wide
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
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Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 1% of U.S. communities.

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School Grade D

The public schools Nightmute’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 92% of Alaska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DistrictLower Kuskokwim School DistrictSchools1

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AK. Ratings are from neighbors.

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