NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 310 Elm Ave, in New Salem, North Dakota, NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized senior high that enrolls 165 students (grades 7 through 12), run under NEW SALEM-ALMONT 49. Compared to the state average of about 220 students per school, that is 25% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in NEW SALEM-ALMONT 49 (377 students total), NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL reports that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the resource side, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Morton County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Morton County shows median household income runs about $79,382, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Morton County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,454 students), NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus.

NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. NEW SALEM-ALMONT HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 165). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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