ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 703 W Main St, in Ashley, North Dakota, ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a very small senior high that caters to 47 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by ASHLEY 9. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 220 students.

ASHLEY 9 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 121 students. ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.1:1, putting ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, census data for McIntosh County shows median household earnings sit near $64,419, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 6 public schools in McIntosh County (combined enrollment of about 395 students).

Nearest neighbor: ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL has declined 27%, going from 64 students in 2018 to 47 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 today.

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