MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 420 University Ave, in Williston, North Dakota, MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a substantial elementary-level community that educates 449 students (grades K through 4), overseen by WILLISTON BASIN 7. That puts it 112% bigger than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by WILLISTON BASIN 7, a district that enrolls 5,413 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Black. By comparison, Williams County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Williams County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Williams County put median household earnings sit near $85,595, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Williams County (combined enrollment of about 6,885 students).

RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

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