The Bering Strait School District, in northwest Alaska, serves fifteen villages on the Seward Peninsula, on the eastern end of Norton Sound and on two islands in the Bering Sea. It borders the Arctic Circle, the International Dateline and the Yukon River. The district headquarters is in Unalakleet (400 mi NW of Anchorage) and serves 15 schools and a regional career and technical education facility (NACTEC). Current enrollment is approximately 1800 students and is almost 100% Alaskan Native; Inupiat, Yup’ik or Siberian Yup’ik. Although the number of students served is relatively small, the area served covers approximately 80,000 square miles. All communities are accessible only by small bush aircraft, with the exception of Diomede, which requires helicopter service most of the year. Many communities have a subsistence-based economy, and a portion of the student body speaking English as a second language.