KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a heavily attended primary school in Kindred, North Dakota, KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 411 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of KINDRED 2. Enrollment runs roughly 94% bigger than the state mean of about 212.

KINDRED 2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 874 students; KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 9% 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 Cass County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cass County) records that median household earnings sit near $75,555, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 27,826 students).

The closest other public school is KINDRED MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KINDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 15%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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