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ENROLLMENT TRENDS · NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota schools on the rise

North Dakota public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report
50
top growth in state
Top growth
+130%
WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Range
+19% to +130%
2017-18 → 2024-25
TOP 50 ND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25
SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% change ↓
WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLWATFORD CITYMCKENZIE CO 1221509130%
MAPLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMAPLETONMAPLETON 7104239130%
HORACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHORACEWEST FARGO 6244548125%
BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST FARGOWEST FARGO 6247537117%
NEDROSE HIGH SCHOOLMINOTNEDROSE 4136292115%
RUGBY HIGH SCHOOLRUGBYRUGBY 516630483.1%
DES LACS-BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOLDES LACSUNITED 717529468.0%
CENTRAL CASS MIDDLE SCHOOLCASSELTONCENTRAL CASS 1721634358.8%
PARK RIVER AREA HIGH SCHOOLPARK RIVERPARK RIVER AREA 813119548.9%
WATFORD CITY HIGH SCHOOLWATFORD CITYMCKENZIE CO 138756646.3%
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMINOTMINOT 112117544.6%
CENTRAL CASS HIGH SCHOOLCASSELTONCENTRAL CASS 1722731940.5%
NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOLNORTHWOODNORTHWOOD 12911416040.4%
SOUTH PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOLMINOTSOUTH PRAIRIE 7011115539.6%
CAVALIER HIGH SCHOOLCAVALIERCAVALIER 612918039.5%
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLFARGOFARGO 111916236.1%
RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMANDANMANDAN 132543834.8%
PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOLPARSHALLPARSHALL 310513932.4%
NEDROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMINOTNEDROSE 420627031.1%
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFARGOFARGO 147862230.1%
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTHOMPSONTHOMPSON 6130739930.0%
THOMPSON HIGH SCHOOLTHOMPSONTHOMPSON 6121828028.4%
WISHEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWISHEKWISHEK 1911715028.2%
ROBERT PLACE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBISMARCKBISMARCK 138048527.6%
CARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCARRINGTONCARRINGTON 4927234727.6%
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTIOGATIOGA 1525532427.1%
NORTHERN CASS HIGH SCHOOLHUNTERNORTHERN CASS 9716220526.5%
WASHBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWASHBURNWASHBURN 418523426.5%
RAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRAYNESSON 225732426.1%
SOUTH HEART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTH HEARTSOUTH HEART 920425726.0%
KILLDEER HIGH SCHOOLKILLDEERKILLDEER 1620926325.8%
SURREY HIGH SCHOOLSURREYSURREY 4116520624.8%
NORTH HIGH SCHOOLFARGOFARGO 18981,11023.6%
ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLALEXANDERALEXANDER 215819523.4%
SOUTH HEART HIGH SCHOOLSOUTH HEARTSOUTH HEART 914618023.3%
ENDERLIN AREA HIGH SCHOOLENDERLINENDERLIN AREA 2412515423.2%
SCHROEDER MIDDLE SCHOOLGRAND FORKSGRAND FORKS 146356922.9%
MAY-PORT CG MIDDLE SCHOOLMAYVILLEMAY-PORT CG 1410512922.9%
SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMINOTSOUTH PRAIRIE 7033641122.3%
LARIMORE HIGH SCHOOLLARIMORELARIMORE 4416820421.4%
EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMINOTMINOT 138046121.3%
MINOT HIGH SCHOOLMINOTMINOT 19001,08620.7%
BISMARCK HIGH SCHOOLBISMARCKBISMARCK 11,1451,36719.4%
LEGACY HIGH SCHOOLBISMARCKBISMARCK 11,1891,41919.3%
NEW ROCKFORD-SHEYENNE HIGH SCHOOLNEW ROCKFORDNEW ROCKFORD-SHEYENNE 213516119.3%
STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTANLEYSTANLEY 238946319.0%
TIOGA HIGH SCHOOLTIOGATIOGA 1518522018.9%
SAINT JOHN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSAINT JOHNST JOHN 327032118.9%
WYNDMERE HIGH SCHOOLWYNDMEREWYNDMERE 4210112018.8%
BOWMAN CO HIGH SCHOOLBOWMANBOWMAN CO 119523118.5%
50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-nd.csv

How this list was built

Every North Dakota public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more North Dakotafamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

Anyone is welcome to cite or republish these findings. Please credit allk12.com and link back to this page so readers can verify the underlying data.

allk12 (2026). "North Dakota schools on the rise: enrollment growth 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/on-the-rise/north-dakota
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↓ schools-on-the-rise-by-state-nd.csv
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