BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a roomy elementary-level community in West Fargo, North Dakota, part of WEST FARGO 6, enrolls 537 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 153% bigger than that benchmark.

Within WEST FARGO 6, which oversees 26 schools and 13,175 students, BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Cass County's rate of about 30%.

In the area at large, Cass County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,555 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cass County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,826 students), of which BROOKS HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 117%: 247 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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