RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 207 2nd St SW, in Rugby, North Dakota, RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves 285 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by RUGBY 5. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Within RUGBY 5, which oversees 2 schools and 589 students, RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Native American, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Pierce County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,365 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 589 students).

RUGBY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 37%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the RUGBY ELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.