MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a close-knit primary school in Maddock, North Dakota, run under MADDOCK 9. Current enrollment sits at 96 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in MADDOCK 9 (134 students total), MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Benson County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Benson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,033 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Benson County (combined enrollment of about 1,397 students).

Nearest neighbor: MADDOCK HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. MADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 95 (now 96). The White share of enrollment declined from 97% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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