RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a sprawling elementary-level community in Williston, North Dakota, RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 319 students from grades K through 4, overseen by WILLISTON BASIN 7. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 50% above that benchmark.

RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by WILLISTON BASIN 7, a district that instructs 5,413 students overall.

On demographics, RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, On paper, RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Williams County indicate median household income runs about $85,595, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Williams County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,885 students), of which RICKARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WILLISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRAL CAMPUS PK, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

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