Elementary · North Dakota
Dorothy Moses Elementary School
Free meals for allDorothy Moses Elementary School, a public elementary school in Bismarck, North Dakota: grades k–5, 390 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bismarck 1.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary 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
- 390
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.5
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in North Dakota
Median 10.6 · 270 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 83% of elementary schools in North Dakota
Median 178 · 276 schools compared
Smaller than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 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%26%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in North Dakota
Median 42% · 227 elementary schools compared
171 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · ND A-PLUS; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
North Dakota: 45%30%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 85% of elementary schools in North Dakota
Median 46% · 227 elementary schools compared
171 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · ND A-PLUS; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Bismarck 1
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bismarck 1.
Location
- Address
- 1312 Columbia Dr, Bismarck, ND 58504
- Phone
- (701)323-4180
- City or town
- Bismarck
- County
- Burleigh County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeannette Myhre Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 258 | 11.5 | 22% | 34% |
| K–5 | 588 | 15.2 | 44% | 61% | |
| K–5 | 113 | 13.7 | 52% | 72% | |
Bismarck Elementary Virtual AcademyFully virtual | K–5 | 0 | — | — | — |
Will-Moore Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 232 | 9.7 | 33% | 29% |
| K–5 | 103 | 14.7 | 58% | 53% |
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.
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.
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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