Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 212
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARGO 1·NCES 380678000202
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
20 29th Ave NE, Fargo, ND 58102 · (701) 446-5000 · Cass County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of North Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
60 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 49% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ND A+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
ND avg 38.7%
Math
41.0%
ND avg 40.0%
What this means: On the ND A+, North Dakota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Dakota schools, those numbers are about 39 and 40.
Source: ND A+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 386 | 15.5% | N/A |
| MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Fargo | 379 | 10.0% | N/A |
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Bismarck | 470 | 5.7% | N/A |
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Bismarck | 390 | 25.4% | N/A |
| J NELSON KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grand Forks | 482 | 13.9% | N/A |
| NEDROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Minot | 270 | 14.4% | N/A |
Matched among North Dakota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Dakota | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #132 of 199 | #27 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #140 of 199 | #27 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #54 of 283 | #16 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #107 of 130 | #28 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #105 of 131 | #26 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.5% | #175 of 201 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #31 of 45 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
386
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 386 | 25.5 | 15.1:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 26.2 | 14.7:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 27.2 | 14.4:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 25.5 | 14.3:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 17 | 20.7:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 5% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 22 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (363 to 386); teachers unchanged (25.5 to 25.5).
About LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in Fargo, North Dakota. It enrolls 386 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 82% larger than the 212-student average for elementary schools in North Dakota.
FARGO 1 is the district for LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 26 schools and 11,443 students.
At LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 88% of students are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in North Dakota, 11.4:1, is lower. A total of 60 students, or 16%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cass County, the average is 30%.
Among North Dakota public elementary schools, LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school is in Cass County, where the median household earns about $75,555 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Cass County with 65 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 373 to 386.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
193,400
Census ACS
Median income
$75,555
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
27,826 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FARGO 1
- FARGO DAVIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,277 students
- NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,110 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 992 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- CARL BEN EIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
Other schools in Fargo
- FARGO DAVIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,277 students
- NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,110 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 992 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- CARL BEN EIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 19th largest of the 37.
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMinot, ND · 435 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 773 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
Nearby schools
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 169
- NORTH HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,110
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 292
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 873
- HORACE MANN ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 344
- Robert Asp Elementary2.2 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-05.
Is LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FARGO 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.