SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a moderately sized primary school in Minot, North Dakota, SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 307 students from grades K through 5, operated by MINOT 1. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 212 students.

MINOT 1 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 8,878 students; SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% Native American. By comparison, Ward County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ward County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

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

The closest other public school is CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 300 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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