KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Steele, North Dakota, run under KIDDER COUNTY 1. The school enrolls 205 students in grades pre-K through 5.

KIDDER COUNTY 1 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 387 students. KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 2% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Kidder County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, Kidder County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,610, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kidder County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 387 students), of which KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KIDDER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIDDER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 16%, going from 177 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 87% to 94%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.