NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary-level community, part of GRAND FORKS 1. It instructs 228 students across grades pre-K through 5.

NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 18 schools operated by GRAND FORKS 1, a district that instructs 7,811 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grand Forks County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, Grand Forks County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,075, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Grand Forks County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), of which NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

NATHAN TWINING MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NATHAN TWINING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 226 students in 2018 compared to 228 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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