Middle · North Dakota

Cheney Middle School

Cheney Middle School, a public middle school in West Fargo, North Dakota: grades 6–8, 1,006 students, 11.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of West Fargo 6.

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: 1,006
Teachers (FTE): 86.2
Students per teacher: 11.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in North Dakota

Median 12.7 · 41 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 86% of middle schools in North Dakota

Median 343 · 43 schools compared

Larger than 91% 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%

37%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 68% of middle schools in North Dakota

Median 44% · 40 middle schools compared

1,006 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ND A-PLUS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

North Dakota: 45%

48%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 53% of middle schools in North Dakota

Median 49% · 40 middle schools compared

1,006 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 suburb
Run by: West Fargo 6

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with West Fargo 6.

Location

Address: 825 17th Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078
Phone: (701)356-2090
City or town: West Fargo
County: Cass County

Website Quality of life in West Fargo Schools in West Fargo

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
West Fargo Middle Virtual AcademyFully virtual	6–8	13	—	—	—	1.8 mi
Liberty Middle School	6–8	1,103	10.5	43%	51%	2.0 mi
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School	6–8	677	11.6	36%	40%	3.7 mi
Self-Directed Academy	6–8	16	2.3	—	—	4.1 mi
Discovery Middle School	6–8	992	13.4	44%	49%	4.2 mi
Ben Franklin Middle School	6–8	873	12.1	39%	47%	5.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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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