Bering Strait School District

The professional staff at each school varies from seven to twenty-one, including the principal. Village support staff includes Locally Recognized Experts, cooks, custodians, secretaries, community education coordinators, and educational aides for a variety of programs. The District Office for the Bering Strait School District (BSSD) is located in Unalakleet. BSSD operates K-12school programs in: Brevig Mission Diomede Elim Gambell Golovin Koyuk St. Michael Savoonga Shaktoolik Shishmaref Stebbins Teller Unalakleet Wales White Mountain These communities range in size from a population of 150 up to a population of nearly 900, while the student population in our schools ranges from 40 to 225 students. In addition, the district has partnered with Nome City Schools and Northwest Arctic School District to maintain the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center NACTEC. This program provides a wide range of programs in career and technical education through a facility in Nome.