DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of sprawling scale in Grand Forks, North Dakota, part of GRAND FORKS 1, educateing 567 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 167% above the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

GRAND FORKS 1 runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,811 students. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder looks like 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Grand Forks County's rate of about 31%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Grand Forks County) shows that median household earnings sit near $68,075, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Grand Forks County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 567). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 84% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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