A town of 616. Public schools that outperform most of Alaska.
The thing Nuiqsut does most differently from other towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Be the first to start the conversation.
Ordered by what stands out in Nuiqsut. Another town gets a different order.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 1% of U.S. communities.
The public schools Nuiqsut’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Alaska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuiqsut Trapper School | PK–12 | 143 | D− |
Nuiqsut has cold, snowy winters and cool summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 58°, a January night drops to -23°, and about 58 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Nuiqsut beats the Alaska average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22.
| What stands out | Nuiqsut | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 19% | 23.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 35.5% | 14.3% |
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City in Alaska, United States
Nuiqsut (Inupiaq: Nuiqsat, IPA: [nuiχsɐt]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native. It is located in the midst of a vast quantity of oil reserves and the closest community to ConocoPhillips oil drilling project named Willow Project in the Alpine, Alaska oil field of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. It owns the surface rights, but not the subsurface rights of the Alpine field, which are with the regional Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
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