HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Dickinson, North Dakota, HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 273 students from grades K through 5, run under DICKINSON 1. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by DICKINSON 1, a district that instructs 4,177 students overall.

On the student-mix side, HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stark County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Stark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,449 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stark County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,206 students), HEART RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 284 students in 2018 compared to 273 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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