STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a substantial elementary campus in Stanley, North Dakota, STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 463 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of STANLEY 2. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 118% larger than typical.

STANLEY 2 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 783 students. STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 30% of students at STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mountrail County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mountrail County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,717 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Mountrail County (combined enrollment of about 2,208 students).

The closest other public school is STANLEY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 19%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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