Public schools in North Dakota

514 public schools and 169 school districts in North Dakota: students, class sizes, charter schools and spending per student, by district.

Public schools

North Dakota has 514 public schools with 119,656 students and 11.5 students per teacher (US: 15.2).

47 schools serve free meals to every student.

Elementary schools: 280
Middle schools: 44
High schools: 180
Students per teacher: 11.5; US: 15.2

State test results

Students proficient across North Dakota (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year).

Reading: 40% proficient
Math: 45% proficient

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Bismarck 1	29	14,086	$15,100
West Fargo 6	26	13,175	$14,624
Fargo 1	26	11,443	$18,846
Grand Forks 1	18	7,811	$16,878
Minot 1	21	7,668	$15,808
Williston Basin 7	11	5,413	$14,990
Mandan 1	12	4,451	$14,589
Dickinson 1	12	4,177	$15,709

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Williston Middle School Central Campus	5–8	1,536	14.9	32%	31%	Williston
Legacy High School	9–12	1,419	16.8	—	—	Bismarck
Century High School	9–12	1,406	16.4	—	—	Bismarck
West Fargo Sheyenne High School	9–12	1,400	14.0	—	—	West Fargo

All 514 schools

Sources

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Largest school districts

All 169 districts

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Bismarck 1	29	14,086	$15,100
West Fargo 6	26	13,175	$14,624
Fargo 1	26	11,443	$18,846
Grand Forks 1	18	7,811	$16,878
Minot 1	21	7,668	$15,808
Williston Basin 7	11	5,413	$14,990
Mandan 1	12	4,451	$14,589
Dickinson 1	12	4,177	$15,709
Mckenzie Co 1	7	2,349	$15,581
Jamestown 1	7	2,032	$15,470
Devils Lake 1	5	1,786	$15,334
Belcourt 7	4	1,518	$29,052
Wahpeton 37	4	1,221	$14,328
Central Cass 17	3	1,026	$12,630
Grafton 18	3	953	$12,077
Valley City 2	4	943	$14,816
New Town 1	3	931	$19,534
Kindred 2	3	874	$12,272
Stanley 2	2	783	$14,010
Beulah 27	3	748	$13,632
Northern Cass 97	3	724	$13,838
United 7	2	709	$13,556
Thompson 61	2	679	$10,539
Bottineau 1	2	671	$14,802
Killdeer 16	2	607	$17,558
Carrington 49	2	601	$13,250
Lisbon 19	3	601	$14,845
Rugby 5	2	589	$15,799
Hazen 3	3	582	$12,937
South Prairie 70	2	566	$12,708
Nedrose 4	2	562	$13,675
Tioga 15	2	544	$17,689
May-Port Cg 14	3	517	$13,734
Dunseith 1	2	514	$26,681
Bowman Co 1	4	508	$15,953
Hillsboro 9	3	494	$15,120
Oakes 41	2	475	$12,585
Park River Area 8	2	470	$12,372
St John 3	2	458	$22,530
Nesson 2	2	443	$15,942
Langdon Area 23	2	440	$17,126
Velva 1	2	439	$14,854
South Heart 9	2	437	$14,432
Surrey 41	2	436	$13,900
Larimore 44	2	416	$14,150
Lewis and Clark 161	6	410	$18,955
Garrison 51	2	396	$15,852
Kidder County 1	2	387	$15,580
Cavalier 6	4	385	$13,662
Divide County 1	2	382	$19,986
Harvey 38	2	381	$17,038
New Salem-Almont 49	2	377	$16,317
Washburn 4	2	376	$15,027
Tgu 60	6	353	$19,369
New Rockford-Sheyenne 2	2	349	$13,402
Northwood 129	2	337	$15,519
Richardton-Taylor 34	3	337	$16,544
North Border 100	4	332	$19,855
Eight Mile 6	2	319	$17,659
Richland 44	2	310	$14,526