Government directory/Alaska/Dependent school system
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 227455

Southwest Region School District.

Dependent school system in Alaska.

Dependent school systemStateFunctioning
Live Alaska school-board record

Who governs this district, what voters decide, and how to act.

Election.org connected Census entity 227455 to REAA 6 using a curated identity crosswalk. This is the state's current seat roster, 2026 ballot, latest certified result, and direct path to the public record—not a name-matched directory guess.

7published board holders
2board seats on the 2026 ballot
26.29%districtwide turnout in the latest official result
Who governs it now
Martha J. FoxSeat A · Section ILast election year 2025 · next ballot 2028 · term cycle through 2028
Leona D. BlackSeat B · Section ILast election year 2024 · next ballot 2027 · term cycle through 2027
Ferdinand SharpSeat C · Section ILast election year 2023 · next ballot 2026 · term cycle through 2029
Tessa L. NickersonSeat D · Section ILast election year 2024 · next ballot 2027 · term cycle through 2027
Kay M. AndrewsSeat E · Section IILast election year 2025 · next ballot 2028 · term cycle through 2028
Wassillie W. Gust Sr.Seat F · Section IILast election year 2024 · next ballot 2027 · term cycle through 2027
Wassillie WonholaSeat G · Section IILast election year 2023 · next ballot 2026 · term cycle through 2029

State roster revised 01/15/2026. Election.org does not republish member mailing addresses. Direct roles and contacts stay blank unless a separate district directory verifies them.

What voters decide next

2026 REAA election

Election district ↗
Election dayOctober 6, 2026

Nominates and Elects at Large. Annually on the first Tuesday in October.

Seat C · Section I3-year term

Clark’s Point, Manokotak, Togiak, Twin Hills

  • Elizabeth WassillieWithdrawn
  • Ferdinand SharpCertified · incumbent
Seat G · Section II3-year term

Aleknagik, Ekwok, Koliganek, New Stuyahok, Portage Creek

  • Wassillie WonholaCertified · incumbent
See all official filings (2 certified) →
What voters decided last

Official 2025 REAA 6 result.

377 ballots were cast from 1,434 registered voters. Every contest below reports all precincts.

Open certified result ↗
26.29%districtwide turnout
377ballots cast
1,434registered voters
Seat A · Section I370 votes

Pansy B. Alakayak110

Martha J. Fox132

Helen Gregorio120

Write-in8

5 of 5 precincts reported
Seat E · Section II370 votes

Kay M. Andrews239

Amber Webb123

Write-in8

5 of 5 precincts reported

Official October 7, 2025 results. Districtwide turnout and seat-level vote totals come from the Alaska Division of Elections; sectional contest totals can differ from districtwide ballots cast.

Explore the district and take action

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District contact

Southwest Region School District

Superintendent: Audra Finkenbinder

District phone(907) 842-5287
What is still missing

This is a real governance layer—not yet the complete civic history.

The statewide adapter closes the basic people-and-election gap for every REAA. The next district-by-district layer is the public business people need between elections.

Connected now

  • All 19 exact REAA-to-Census identities
  • Current holders, vacancies, seats, and term cycle
  • 2026 seats, communities, candidates, and filing status
  • Certified 2025 turnout and seat results
  • District contact and direct official-source links

Next source layers

  • Meeting agendas, minutes, recorded votes, and decisions
  • Board policies, budgets, contracts, salaries, and spending trends
  • Historical candidates, results, vacancies, and appointments
  • Exact board-seat geometry for an address
  • School-level outcomes and enrollment trends

Statewide source set verified 2026-08-30; all 81 source responses are fingerprinted in the public data manifest.

School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

627students in the finance record
8operating schools connected
$41,603current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment6274.2% higher than 2019
Current spending / pupil$41,6038.4% lower than 2019 after inflation · 12.3% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$26.4M17.0% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$0.0No reported debt in 2019 or 2024
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 602; 2020: 636; 2021: 652; 2022: 574; 2023: 631; 2024: 627663613563201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $45,436; 2020: $45,312; 2021: $46,612; 2022: $47,203; 2023: $43,400; 2024: $41,603$47,987$44,403$40,819201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201942.7% F53.6% S3.7% L
202039.0% F57.9% S3.1% L
202142.4% F51.8% S5.8% L
202244.3% F51.9% S3.8% L
202348.3% F47.8% S3.9% L
202452.9% F41.3% S5.8% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019602$37,030$20,799,000$22,600,000$0
2020636$37,385$20,781,000$23,906,000$0
2021652$40,264$23,067,000$26,526,000$0
2022574$44,038$22,305,000$27,024,000$0
2023631$42,157$24,850,000$26,801,000$0
2024627$41,603$26,408,000$26,432,000$0

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

Explore the schools—not just the agency record.

NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$26.4M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal52.9%$14.0M
State41.3%$10.9M
Local5.8%$1.53M
Total expenditures$26.4M
Current spending$26.1M
Instruction$8.82M
Support services$15.6M
Capital outlay$347,000
Debt outstanding$0

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Southwest Region School District

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK12
StatusOpen
Address574 Kenny Wren Rd, Dillingham, AK, 99576
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

The federal layer is useful—but it is not the whole school board.

  • Exact trustee-seat geometry, current vacancies, and appointment history
  • Complete historical board results, candidate profiles, and campaign disclosures
  • Exact attendance and board-seat boundaries for an address
  • Normalized meeting agendas, minutes, recorded votes, and decision history
  • School-level outcomes, audited contracts and vendors, and inflation-adjusted spending comparisons
The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
227455
Record type
Dependent school system
Classification
State
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing addressPO BOX 90 · DILLINGHAM, AK · 99576
Census contact/title fieldPayroll Personnel
County areaNot published

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment6312023

Parent governmentAlaskaCensus parent ID 227749

Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The Alaska Division of Elections reports the board seats, current holder or vacancy text, election method, 2026 filings, and certified 2025 results shown above.

Not established by these records

  • Continued service after the dated state roster or a direct member role/contact not published by a separate district directory.
  • Unlabeled candidate-seat relationships, unreported term lengths, or address-level section eligibility beyond the official map.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.