EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 501 Main St, in Emerado, North Dakota, EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary campus that serves 101 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under EMERADO 127. That puts it 52% leaner than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school of EMERADO 127, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 14% Native American. By comparison, Grand Forks County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Grand Forks County's rate of about 31%.

Zooming out to the county, Grand Forks County reports that median household income runs about $68,075, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Grand Forks County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), of which EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around EMERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 122 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 10% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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