ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in Bismarck, North Dakota, ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a big primary school, one of the schools within BISMARCK 1. It hosts 510 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 141% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 26 schools in BISMARCK 1 (14,086 students total), ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burleigh County (around 24%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Burleigh County) reports that median household income runs about $86,851, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burleigh County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,427 students), of which ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.