THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a heavily attended elementary campus in Thompson, North Dakota, one of the schools within THOMPSON 61, teaches 399 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 88% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in THOMPSON 61 (679 students total), THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grand Forks County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Grand Forks County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,075 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Grand Forks County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: THOMPSON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 30%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025.

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