RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of sprawling scale in Mandan, North Dakota, run under MANDAN 1, works with 438 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 107% above the state mean of about 212.

Across the 12 schools in MANDAN 1 (4,451 students total), RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. 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, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morton County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Morton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $79,382 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morton County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,454 students), of which RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MANDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RED TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 35%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 87% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.