MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a big elementary campus in Williston, North Dakota, MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 397 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within WILLISTON BASIN 7. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 87% above that benchmark.

WILLISTON BASIN 7 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,413 students. MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Williams County (around 29%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Williams County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,595 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Williams County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,885 students), of which MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WILLISTON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 4.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MISSOURI RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

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