STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 505 E Main Street, in Starkweather, North Dakota, STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL is a rural-scale four-year high school that serves 25 students (grades 7 through 12), part of STARKWEATHER 44. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 220 students.

STARKWEATHER 44 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 54 students. STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.7:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Ramsey County shows median household earnings sit near $61,006, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Ramsey County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,874 students), STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STARKWEATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. STARKWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 79% since 2018, when it stood at 14 (now 25). White enrollment moved from 71% to 92% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 2.9:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 today.

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