BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a roomy elementary campus in Burlington, North Dakota, overseen by UNITED 7. The school educates 415 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 96% larger than the state mean of about 212.

Across the 2 schools in UNITED 7 (709 students total), BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ward County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ward County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,238, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Ward County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,732 students), BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MINOT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 4.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. BURLINGTON-DES LACS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 468 (now 415). Class-load math has rose: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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