DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1717 40th Ave S, in Fargo, North Dakota, DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a sizable middle-grades school that educates 992 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within FARGO 1. Enrollment runs roughly 119% above the state mean of about 453.

FARGO 1 runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 11,443 students. DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household income runs about $75,555, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,826 students), of which DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 987 students in 2018 compared to 992 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 75% to 63%.

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