School district · North Dakota

Fargo 1

Fargo 1 in North Dakota: 26 public schools with 11,443 students and 11.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $18,846 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 26
Students: 11,443
Students per teacher: 11.6; ND 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $18,846; ND $16.5K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 989
Counselors (FTE): 46.0
Students per counselor: 249; ND 280 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 12.3; Librarians (FTE): 22.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$12.9K15

$13.2K16

$13.7K17

$13.8K18

$14.3K19

$14.7K20

$16.0K21

$16.9K22

$17.7K23

$18.8K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 13% · $30.9M
State: 46% · $111M
Local: 41% · $97M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $11,632
Support services: $5,781
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $9.5M
Long-term debt: $96M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 16Middle schools: 4High schools: 5

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Early Childhood Special Education School	Pre-K	162	8.9	Fargo
Bennett Elementary School	K–5	622	17.0	Fargo
Centennial Elementary School	K–5	639	15.2	Fargo
Clara Barton Hawthorne Elementary School	K–5	312	12.5	Fargo
Eagles Elementary School	K–5	292	9.4	Fargo
Ed Clapp Elementary School	K–5	444	9.3	Fargo
Explorer AcademyFree meals for all	K–8	34	1.4	Fargo
Fargo K-8 Virtual AcademyFully virtual	K–8	22	15.7	Fargo
Horace Mann Roosevelt Elementary School	K–5	344	10.3	Fargo
Jefferson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	270	8.2	Fargo
Kennedy Elementary School	K–5	469	11.7	Fargo
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	K–5	439	10.5	Fargo
Lincoln Elementary School	K–5	330	9.2	Fargo
Longfellow Elementary School	K–5	386	15.1	Fargo
Madison Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	134	7.7	Fargo
Mckinley Elementary School	K–5	169	7.9	Fargo
Washington Elementary School	K–5	292	10.2	Fargo
Ben Franklin Middle School	6–8	873	12.1	Fargo
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School	6–8	677	11.6	Fargo
Discovery Middle School	6–8	992	13.4	Fargo
Self-Directed Academy	6–8	16	2.3	Fargo
Dakota High School	9–12	127	12.8	Fargo
Fargo 9-12 Virtual AcademyFully virtual	9–12	113	26.3	Fargo
Fargo Davies High School	9–12	1,277	13.3	Fargo
North High School	9–12	1,110	13.2	Fargo
South High School	9–12	898	11.2	Fargo

Sources

Address: 700 7th Street South, Fargo, ND 58103
Phone: (701)446-1000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).