MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized K-5 school in Binford, North Dakota, operated by MIDKOTA 7. The school instructs 91 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

MIDKOTA 7 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 177 students. MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.7:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Griggs County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,711 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Griggs County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 379 students), MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MIDKOTA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.7 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. MIDKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 91). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 1% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

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