WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL

WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL is an elementary school of rural-scale scale in Edgeley, North Dakota, run under EDGELEY 3, teacheing 27 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL sits 87% leaner than that benchmark.

EDGELEY 3 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 255 students; WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (100%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than LaMoure County's rate of about 27%.

In the area at large, LaMoure County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,664 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across LaMoure County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 822 students), WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EDGELEY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLOW BANK COLONY SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 28 students in 2018 to 27 in 2025.

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