NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of micro-enrollment scale in Plaza, North Dakota, operated by LEWIS AND CLARK 161, works with 78 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 220 students each, so NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL sits 65% below that benchmark.

LEWIS AND CLARK 161 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 410 students; NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 13% Native American, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Mountrail County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Mountrail County's rate of about 39%.

Around the school, Mountrail County reports that median household income runs about $80,717, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mountrail County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,208 students), of which NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL is one.

NORTH SHORE PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. NORTH SHORE PLAZA HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 117% since 2018, when it stood at 36 (now 78). White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 5.8:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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