VELVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VELVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Velva, North Dakota, operated by VELVA 1. Current enrollment sits at 217 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within VELVA 1, which oversees 2 schools and 439 students, VELVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, VELVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to McHenry County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, McHenry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,733 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McHenry County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 940 students), VELVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VELVA HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VELVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 15%, going from 255 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 98% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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