RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized primary school in Abercrombie, North Dakota, operated by RICHLAND 44. The school teaches 184 students in grades pre-K through 6.

RICHLAND 44 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 310 students; RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Richland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 12% of students at RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Richland County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Richland County put the typical household earns roughly $75,432 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Richland County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,416 students), of which RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RICHLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 6.8 miles off.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 16%, going from 159 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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