VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota, VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL instructs 508 students from grades 6 through 8, part of GRAND FORKS 1.

Within GRAND FORKS 1, which oversees 18 schools and 7,811 students, VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 17% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Native American. By comparison, Grand Forks County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Grand Forks County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, Grand Forks County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,075 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Grand Forks County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), of which VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WINSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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