DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an intimate primary school in McVille, North Dakota, DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 158 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within DAKOTA PRAIRIE 1. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 25% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in DAKOTA PRAIRIE 1 (288 students total), DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Nelson County) records that median household income runs about $67,193, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nelson County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 493 students), DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 16.3 miles from this campus.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAKOTA PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 3%, going from 163 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 87% to 93%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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