NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL

NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of rural-scale scale in Hunter, North Dakota, one of the schools within NORTHERN CASS 97, caters to 169 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 453 students each, so NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Within NORTHERN CASS 97, which oversees 3 schools and 724 students, NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cass County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, Cass County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,555 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cass County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,826 students), of which NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHERN CASS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. NORTHERN CASS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 169). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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