Middle · North Dakota
Ben Franklin Middle School
Ben Franklin Middle School, a public middle school in Fargo, North Dakota: grades 6–8, 873 students, 12.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fargo 1.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 873
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.9
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 51% of middle schools in North Dakota
Median 12.7 · 41 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 77% of middle schools in North Dakota
Median 343 · 43 schools compared
Larger than 84% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
North Dakota: 40%39%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 63% of middle schools in North Dakota
Median 44% · 40 middle schools compared
873 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ND A-PLUS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
North Dakota: 45%47%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 63% of middle schools in North Dakota
Median 49% · 40 middle schools compared
873 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ND A-PLUS; proficient means Levels 3-4
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Fargo 1
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fargo 1.
Location
- Address
- 1420 8th St N, Fargo, ND 58102
- Phone
- (701)446-3600
- City or town
- Fargo
- County
- Cass County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 16 | 2.3 | |
| 6–8 | 677 | 11.6 | |
| 5–8 | 2,158 | 16.9 | |
| 6–8 | 1,006 | 11.7 | |
| 6–8 | 992 | 13.4 | |
West Fargo Middle Virtual AcademyFully virtual | 6–8 | 13 | — |
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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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