DAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in Minot AFB, North Dakota, DAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, overseen by MINOT 1. It instructs 233 students across grades pre-K through 5.

DAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 24 schools operated by MINOT 1, a district that instructs 8,878 students overall.

Looking at the student body, DAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Ward County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ward County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), DAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 16%, going from 278 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 68% to 61% over that span.

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