RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of one-room-style scale in Rhame, North Dakota, operated by BOWMAN CO 1, teacheing 13 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 94% smaller than that benchmark.

Within BOWMAN CO 1, which oversees 4 schools and 508 students, RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the resource side, The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.1:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bowman County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,109 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 public schools in Bowman County (combined enrollment of about 643 students).

Nearest neighbor: BOWMAN CO HIGH SCHOOL, around 12.0 miles off.

RHAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 67%: 40 students in 2018 compared to 13 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 95% to 100%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 4.1:1 today.

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