BOWBELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 200 Madison Ave NW, in Bowbells, North Dakota, BOWBELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an one-room-style elementary school that works with 50 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within BOWBELLS 14. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 76% smaller than typical.

BOWBELLS 14 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 92 students; BOWBELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, BOWBELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for Burke County shows median household income runs about $91,591, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BOWBELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 public schools in Burke County (combined enrollment of about 408 students).

BOWBELLS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 48 students in 2018 compared to 50 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 today.

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