MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL

MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL, a micro-enrollment secondary school in Milnor, North Dakota, overseen by MILNOR 2, serves 77 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 220 students each, so MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 65% below that benchmark.

MILNOR 2 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 214 students; MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Sargent County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.1:1, putting MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sargent County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sargent County indicate median household income runs about $77,946, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. MILNOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 6 public schools in Sargent County (combined enrollment of about 549 students).

Nearest neighbor: MILNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 77 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 88% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 6.7:1 in 2018 to 4.7:1 in 2025.

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