WILL-MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 400 E Ave E, in Bismarck, North Dakota, WILL-MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus that enrolls 232 students (grades K through 5), part of BISMARCK 1.

Across the 26 schools in BISMARCK 1 (14,086 students total), WILL-MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILL-MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 15% Native American, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black. By comparison, Burleigh County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WILL-MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. 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 commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Burleigh County (around 24%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Burleigh County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,851, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Burleigh County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,427 students), of which WILL-MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BISMARCK HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 238 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 72% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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