PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL

Set in Parshall, North Dakota, PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment senior high, operated by PARSHALL 3. It serves 139 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 220 students.

PARSHALL 3 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 280 students. PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL records that Native American students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 14% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mountrail County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,717, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Mountrail County (combined enrollment of about 2,208 students).

The closest other public school is PARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. PARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 32% since 2018, when it stood at 105 (now 139). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 28% to 14%. Class-load math has widened: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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