NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a roomy K-5 school in Bismarck, North Dakota, NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 410 students from grades K through 5, run under BISMARCK 1. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 93% larger than typical.

BISMARCK 1 runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 14,086 students. NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 6% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Burleigh County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Burleigh County's rate of about 24%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Burleigh County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,851 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Burleigh County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,427 students), of which NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

GRIMSRUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.