ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 110 West St N, in Elgin, North Dakota, ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary campus that serves 100 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG 49. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 212.

Across the 2 schools in ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG 49 (168 students total), ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 55% of students at ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grant County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household income runs about $57,875, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 230 students).

Nearest neighbor: ELGIN-NEW LEIPZIG HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 94% to 76% over that span.

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