As of 2017[update] it is the largest rural school district in the state, with 4,300 students.
[2] In 2017 it had about 300 certified teachers, with about 20% being Alaska Natives, the highest percentage of any Alaskan school district.
[2] The district, as of 2017, pays for the education of prospective teachers, sending them to University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF);[2] the district pays all of a student's costs if they go to UAF; the LKSD board also offers scholarships for students attending other universities.
[3] In 2013 LKSD began requiring teachers without university degrees to work towards getting them, and in 2017 it set a ten-year deadline for doing so.
[2] In the period 2007-2012 it had an annual teacher turnover rate of 15%,[2] or 60-70 teaching jobs,[3] lower than many rural school districts though higher than urban ones.