MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 405 8th Ave SW, in Mandan, North Dakota, MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized K-5 school that caters to 193 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under MANDAN 1.

MANDAN 1 runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 4,451 students. MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 15% Native American, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Morton County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Morton County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Morton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,382 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Morton County (combined enrollment of about 5,454 students).

MARMOT SCHOOL 6-12 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARY STARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 11%, going from 217 students in 2018 to 193 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 7% to 12% over that span.

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