CANNON BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CANNON BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit primary school in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, overseen by SOLEN 3. Current enrollment sits at 115 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

SOLEN 3 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 214 students; CANNON BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, CANNON BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (99%) are Native American.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting CANNON BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sioux County indicate median household income runs about $42,083, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 35% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CANNON BALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Sioux County (combined enrollment of about 906 students).

The closest other public school is SOLEN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 9.7 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 116 students in 2018 compared to 115 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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