SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a roomy junior high in Bismarck, North Dakota, SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves 1,053 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by BISMARCK 1. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 132% bigger than typical.

BISMARCK 1 comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,086 students; SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Native American, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Burleigh County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Burleigh County) records that median household income runs about $86,851, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Burleigh County (combined enrollment of about 14,427 students).

PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 1,010 students in 2018 compared to 1,053 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SIMLE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.