TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of small scale in Towner, North Dakota, operated by TGU 60, enrolling 154 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Within TGU 60, which oversees 4 schools and 353 students, TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 5% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 41% of students at TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above McHenry County's rate of about 29%.

Across the wider county, McHenry County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,733, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across McHenry County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 940 students), TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TGU-TOWNER HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. TGU-TOWNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 147 (now 154).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.