OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of rural-scale scale in Oberon, North Dakota, operated by OBERON 16, caters to 52 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

Operationally, OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL answers to OBERON 16, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 87% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 6% Asian, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Benson County's rate of about 85%.

Around the school, Benson County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,033, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. In all, Benson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,397 students), of which OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FOUR WINDS COMMUNITY PK SCHOOL, around 9.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. OBERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 59 (now 52). Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 0% to 6%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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