MINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Minto, North Dakota, run under MINTO 20, with 220 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

MINTO 20 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 296 students. MINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Walsh County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Walsh County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,944 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Walsh County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,911 students), MINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MINTO HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 11%, going from 199 students in 2018 to 220 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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