ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in Fargo, North Dakota, ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an expansive elementary school, part of FARGO 1. It hosts 444 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 109% above the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

FARGO 1 comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 11,443 students; ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 36% Black, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cass County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household income runs about $75,555, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cass County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,826 students), of which ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 12%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 2% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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