SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Minot, North Dakota, part of SOUTH PRAIRIE 70, with 411 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 94% above the state mean of about 212.

Across the 2 schools in SOUTH PRAIRIE 70 (566 students total), SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, Ward County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,238, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in Ward County (combined enrollment of about 11,732 students).

SOUTH PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

SOUTH PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 22%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 88% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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