Nikolaevsk School, located in Nikolaevsk, Alaska, was originally constructed in 1976 with the high school addition being completed in 1981. Nikolaevsk is located on the Kenai Peninsula, approximately 10 miles inland from the Sterling Highway near Anchor Point. The school population enjoys small class sizes with favorable teacher-pupil ratios, and is a very high performing school. Recent improvements to the area include the completion of the paving project to the village and also the state of the art gymnasium that was completed in February of 2002. The village of Nikolaevsk was founded as a Russian Old Believer community in 1968. Five brothers purchased one square mile of land. Currently approximately 75% of the students are Russian Old Believer. More non-Russian Old Believer families are starting to move into the community.