PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in Bismarck, North Dakota, run under BISMARCK 1. The school hosts 136 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 212.

Within BISMARCK 1, which oversees 26 schools and 14,086 students, PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest reads as 6% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Burleigh County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Burleigh County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,851 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Theodore Jamerson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRAIRIE ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 15%, going from 160 students in 2018 to 136 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 81% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.