SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL

Set in Bismarck, North Dakota, SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate 9-12 campus, run under BISMARCK 1. It works with 97 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 220.

BISMARCK 1 runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 14,086 students. SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 24% Native American, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Burleigh County (around 24%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Burleigh County put median household earnings sit near $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. SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Burleigh County (combined enrollment of about 14,427 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL has declined 12%, going from 110 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 54%.

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