VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in Grand Forks, North Dakota, VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a heavily attended elementary campus, operated by GRAND FORKS 1. It hosts 328 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 55% above typical.

Across the 18 schools in GRAND FORKS 1 (7,811 students total), VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Native American. By comparison, Grand Forks County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Grand Forks County's rate of about 31%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Grand Forks County put 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%. In all, Grand Forks County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,731 students), of which VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: J NELSON KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 3%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 74% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.