BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary campus in Minot, North Dakota, run under MINOT 1, educates 90 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 58% smaller than the state mean of about 212.

Across the 24 schools in MINOT 1 (8,878 students total), BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Ward County's rate of about 31%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ward County put median household income runs about $78,238, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ward County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,732 students), BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NEDROSE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 3.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 87 students in 2018 compared to 90 in 2024.

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