LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment primary school in Grand Forks, North Dakota, run under GRAND FORKS 1. Current enrollment sits at 464 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 119% larger than typical.

Across the 18 schools in GRAND FORKS 1 (7,811 students total), LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Native American. By comparison, Grand Forks County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Grand Forks County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Grand Forks County put the typical household earns roughly $68,075 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Grand Forks County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), of which LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 430 (now 464). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 57% to 38%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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