WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL

WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized middle school in Watford City, North Dakota, part of MCKENZIE CO 1. The school hosts 509 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within MCKENZIE CO 1, which oversees 7 schools and 2,349 students, WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, census data for McKenzie County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,404 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across McKenzie County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,091 students), WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BADLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WATFORD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL has climbed 130%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.