Best School Districts in North Dakota

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Rank (of 134)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
81^st	Alexander 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Alexander	McKenzie County	0.471	114	33
	Anamoose 14	K-6	1	0	0	0	Anamoose	McHenry County			(n/a)
95^th	Apple Creek 39	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Bismarck	Burleigh County	0.407	2	93
	Ashley 9	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ashley	McIntosh County			(n/a)
48^th	Barnes County North 7	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wimbledon	Barnes County	0.64	16	32
28^th	Beach 3	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Beach	Golden Valley County	0.733	77	49
128^th	Belcourt 7	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Belcourt	Rolette County	0.083	120	8
43^rd	Belfield 13	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belfield	Stark County	0.662	72	29
77^th	Beulah 27	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Beulah	Mercer County	0.49	86	9
	Billings County 1	PK, KG-8	2	0	0	0	Medora	Billings County			(n/a)
67^th	Bismarck 1	PK, KG-12	19	4	5	0	Bismarck	Burleigh County	0.539	63	4
92^nd	Bottineau 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bottineau	Bottineau County	0.413	56	36
	Bowbells 14	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bowbells	Burke County			(n/a)
50^th	Bowman County 1	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Bowman	Bowman County	0.632	94	44
	Burke Central 36	K-12	1	0	1	0	Lignite	Burke County			(n/a)
12^th	Carrington 49	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Carrington	Foster County	0.894	10	2
37^th	Cavalier 6	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Cavalier	Pembina County	0.696	28	9
106^th	Center-Stanton 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Center	Oliver County	0.337	101	5
9^th	Central Cass 17	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Casselton	Cass County	0.917	17	8
24^th	Central Valley 3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Buxton	Traill County	0.756	15	9
	Circle of Nations	4-8	0	1	0	0	Wahpeton	Richland County			(n/a)
6^th	Dakota Prairie 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Petersburg	Nelson County	0.938	35	29
114^th	Devils Lake 1	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Devils Lake	Ramsey County	0.248	97	17
98^th	Dickinson 1	PK, KG-12	7	1	3	0	Dickinson	Stark County	0.379	95	3
124^th	Divide County 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Crosby	Divide County	0.128	58	66
	Drake 57	7-12	0	0	1	0	Drake	McHenry County			(n/a)
121^st	Drayton 19	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Drayton	Pembina County	0.155	110	11
133^rd	Dunseith 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunseith	Rolette County	0.021	127	6
	Dunseith Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Dunseith	Rolette County			(n/a)
53^rd	Edgeley 3	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Edgeley	LaMoure County	0.609	73	20
112^th	Eight Mile 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Trenton	Williams County	0.273	123	11
20^th	Elgin-New Leipzig 49	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elgin	Grant County	0.773	90	70
19^th	Ellendale 40	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Ellendale	Dickey County	0.774	32	13
122^nd	Emerado 127	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Emerado	Grand Forks County	0.139	124	2
33^rd	Enderlin Area 24	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Enderlin	Ransom County	0.716	23	10
	Fairmount 18	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fairmount	Richland County			(n/a)
104^th	Fargo 1	PK, KG-12	16	4	5	0	Fargo	Cass County	0.342	92	12
44^th	Fessenden-Bowdon 25	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fessenden	Wells County	0.65	46	2
91^st	Finley-Sharon 19	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Finley	Steele County	0.416		(n/a)
110^th	Flasher 39	K-12	1	0	1	0	Flasher	Morton County	0.318	96	14
	Fordville-Lankin 5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fordville	Walsh County			(n/a)
	Ft Ransom 6	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Fort Ransom	Ransom County			(n/a)
134^th	Ft Totten 30	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fort Totten	Benson County	0.008	131	3
123^rd	Ft Yates 4	5-8	0	1	0	0	Fort Yates	Sioux County	0.136	130	7
7^th	Gackle-Streeter 56	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Gackle	Logan County	0.931		(n/a)
82^nd	Garrison 51	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Garrison	McLean County	0.471	78	4
97^th	Glen Ullin 48	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glen Ullin	Morton County	0.386	33	64
75^th	Glenburn 26	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glenburn	Renville County	0.498	113	38
115^th	Grafton 18	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grafton	Walsh County	0.243	116	1
69^th	Grand Forks 1	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Grand Forks	Grand Forks County	0.531	64	5
58^th	Grenora 99	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Grenora	Williams County	0.584	93	35
99^th	Griggs County Central 18	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cooperstown	Griggs County	0.377	100	1
101^st	Hankinson 8	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hankinson	Richland County	0.367	66	35
90^th	Harvey 38	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Harvey	Wells County	0.417	12	78
17^th	Hatton Eielson 7	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hatton	Traill County	0.817	14	3
11^th	Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hazelton	Emmons County	0.9	57	46
23^rd	Hazen 3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hazen	Mercer County	0.758	44	21
3^rd	Hebron 13	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hebron	Morton County	0.968	5	2
54^th	Hettinger 13	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hettinger	Adams County	0.607	55	1
73^rd	Hillsboro 9	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Hillsboro	Traill County	0.514	29	44
31^st	Hope-Page 85	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hope	Steele County	0.718	88	57
	Horse Creek 32	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cartwright	McKenzie County			(n/a)
74^th	Jamestown 1	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Jamestown	Stutsman County	0.501	61	13
45^th	Kenmare 28	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kenmare	Ward County	0.645	31	14
	Kensal 19	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kensal	Stutsman County			(n/a)
16^th	Kidder County 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Steele	Kidder County	0.817	11	5
108^th	Killdeer 16	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Killdeer	Dunn County	0.333	82	26
35^th	Kindred 2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kindred	Cass County	0.711	4	31
2^nd	Kulm 7	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kulm	LaMoure County	0.991	9	7
119^th	Lakota 66	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lakota	Nelson County	0.204	52	67
55^th	Lamoure 8	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	LaMoure	LaMoure County	0.605	26	29
102^nd	Langdon Area 23	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Langdon	Cavalier County	0.365	39	63
60^th	Larimore 44	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Larimore	Grand Forks County	0.579	87	27
1^st	Leeds 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Leeds	Benson County	0.995	18	17
47^th	Lewis And Clark 161	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	0	Berthold	Ward County	0.643	38	9
78^th	Lidgerwood 28	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lidgerwood	Richland County	0.486	125	47
10^th	Linton 36	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Linton	Emmons County	0.913	43	33
42^nd	Lisbon 19	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lisbon	Ransom County	0.662	41	1
111^th	Litchville-Marion 46	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marion	LaMoure County	0.278	108	3
	Little Heart 4	K-8	1	0	0	0	Saint Anthony	Morton County			(n/a)
	Lone Tree 6	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Golva	Golden Valley County			(n/a)
41^st	Maddock 9	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maddock	Benson County	0.671	51	10
66^th	Mandan 1	PK, KG-12	8	1	3	0	Mandan	Morton County	0.54	67	1
127^th	Mandaree 36	K-12	1	0	1	0	Mandaree	McKenzie County	0.109	126	1
	Mandaree Day School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Mandaree	McKenzie County			(n/a)
	Manning 45	K-8	1	0	0	0	Bismarck	Burleigh County			(n/a)
52^nd	Manvel 125	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Manvel	Grand Forks County	0.627	62	10
34^th	Maple Valley 4	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Tower City	Cass County	0.712	45	11
40^th	Mapleton 7	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Mapleton	Cass County	0.685	25	15
	Marmarth 12	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Marmarth	Slope County			(n/a)
	Marmot Schools	6-12	0	0	1	0	Mandan	Morton County			(n/a)
68^th	Max 50	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Max	McLean County	0.536	27	41
71^st	May-Port Cg 14	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mayville	Traill County	0.528	60	11
5^th	McClusky-Goodrich 29	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	McClusky	Sheridan County	0.94		(n/a)
118^th	McKenzie County 1	K-12	3	1	3	0	Watford City	McKenzie County	0.212	115	3
109^th	Medina 3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Medina	Stutsman County	0.33	75	34
	Menoken 33	K-8	1	0	0	0	Menoken	Burleigh County			(n/a)
59^th	Midkota 7	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Binford	Griggs County	0.581	68	9
79^th	Midway 128	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Inkster	Grand Forks County	0.485	79
80^th	Milnor 2	K-12	2	0	2	0	Milnor	Sargent County	0.485	47	33
129^th	Minnewaukan 5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Minnewaukan	Benson County	0.07	119	10
83^rd	Minot 1	PK, KG-12	12	5	4	0	Minot	Ward County	0.464	91	8
107^th	Minto 20	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Minto	Walsh County	0.334	117	10
32^nd	Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mohall	Renville County	0.717	24	8
	Montpelier 14	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Montpelier	Stutsman County			(n/a)
103^rd	Mott-Regent 1	K-12	1	0	1	0	Mott	Hettinger County	0.351	109	6
49^th	Mt Pleasant 4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rolla	Rolette County	0.634	40	9
	Munich 19	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Munich	Cavalier County			(n/a)
39^th	Napoleon 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Napoleon	Logan County	0.689	89	50
	Naughton 25	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bismarck	Burleigh County			(n/a)
	Nd School For The Deaf	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Devils Lake	Ramsey County			(n/a)
	Nd Vision Services/School For The Blind		0	0	0	0	Grand Forks	Grand Forks County			(n/a)
72^nd	Nedrose 4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Minot	Ward County	0.517	105	33
70^th	Nesson 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ray	Williams County	0.528	69	1
116^th	New England 9	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	New England	Hettinger County	0.235	83	33
96^th	New Rockford-Sheyenne 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Rockford	Eddy County	0.402	50	46
29^th	New Salem-Almont 49	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Salem	Morton County	0.732	49	20
131^st	New Town 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Town	Mountrail County	0.053	111	20
	Newburg-United 54	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Newburg	Bottineau County			(n/a)
14^th	North Border 100	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Walhalla	Pembina County	0.858	21	7
125^th	North Sargent 3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Gwinner	Sargent County	0.118	118	7
93^rd	North Star 10	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cando	Towner County	0.41	54	39
25^th	Northern Cass 97	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hunter	Cass County	0.755	6	19
21^st	Northwood 129	K-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Grand Forks County	0.767	76	55
26^th	Oakes 41	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Oakes	Dickey County	0.751	71	45
	Oberon 16	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Oberon	Benson County			(n/a)
	Ojibwa Indian School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Belcourt	Rolette County			(n/a)
76^th	Park River Area 8	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Park River	Walsh County	0.495	36	40
113^th	Parshall 3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Parshall	Mountrail County	0.269	112	1
88^th	Pingree-Buchanan 10	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Pingree	Stutsman County	0.426	7	81
36^th	Powers Lake 27	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Powers Lake	Burke County	0.7	8	28
57^th	Richardton-Taylor 34	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Richardton	Stark County	0.591	70	13
13^th	Richland 44	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Richland County	0.886	19	6
	Rolette 29	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rolette	Rolette County			(n/a)
	Roosevelt 18	K-8	1	0	0	0	Carson	Grant County			(n/a)
63^rd	Rugby 5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rugby	Pierce County	0.571	98	35
4^th	Sargent Central 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Forman	Sargent County	0.949	22	18
	Sawyer 16	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sawyer	Ward County			(n/a)
8^th	Scranton 33	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Scranton	Bowman County	0.926	1	7
	Selfridge 8	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Selfridge	Sioux County			(n/a)
132^nd	Solen 3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Solen	Sioux County	0.037	128	4
86^th	South Heart 9	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	South Heart	Stark County	0.442	34	52
84^th	South Prairie 70	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Minot	Ward County	0.462	42	42
85^th	St John 3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Saint John	Rolette County	0.456	103	18
	Standing Rock Community School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Fort Yates	Sioux County			(n/a)
117^th	Stanley 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Stanley	Mountrail County	0.218	106	11
	Starkweather 44	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Starkweather	Ramsey County			(n/a)
	Sterling 35	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Sterling	Burleigh County			(n/a)
	Strasburg 15	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Strasburg	Emmons County			(n/a)
100^th	Surrey 41	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Surrey	Ward County	0.372	85	15
	Sweet Briar 17	K-8	1	0	0	0	Mandan	Morton County			(n/a)
	Tate Topa Tribal School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Fort Totten	Benson County			(n/a)
56^th	Tgu 60	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	0	Towner	McHenry County	0.599		(n/a)
	Theodore Jamerson Elementary School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Bismarck	Burleigh County			(n/a)
22^nd	Thompson 61	K-12	1	0	1	0	Thompson	Grand Forks County	0.764	20	2
105^th	Tioga 15	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tioga	Williams County	0.338	102	3
27^th	Turtle Lake-Mercer 72	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Turtle Lake	McLean County	0.745	37	10
	Turtle Mountain Elementary School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Belcourt	Rolette County			(n/a)
	Turtle Mountain High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Belcourt	Rolette County			(n/a)
	Turtle Mountain Middle School	6-8	0	1	0	0	Belcourt	Rolette County			(n/a)
	Twin Buttes 37	K-8	1	0	0	0	Halliday	Dunn County			(n/a)
	Twin Buttes Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Halliday	Dunn County			(n/a)
65^th	Underwood 8	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Underwood	McLean County	0.556	99	34
15^th	United 7	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Des Lacs	Ward County	0.818	13	2
38^th	Valley City 2	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Valley City	Barnes County	0.689	48	10
46^th	Valley-Edinburg 118	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Crystal	Pembina County	0.644		(n/a)
61^st	Velva 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Velva	McHenry County	0.575	3	58
94^th	Wahpeton 37	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Wahpeton	Richland County	0.409	59	35
130^th	Warwick 29	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Warwick	Benson County	0.064	129	1
51^st	Washburn 4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Washburn	McLean County	0.628	104	53
89^th	West Fargo 6	PK, KG-12	16	4	5	0	West Fargo	Cass County	0.417	80	9
87^th	Westhope 17	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Westhope	Bottineau County	0.441	74	13
120^th	White Shield 85	K-12	1	0	1	0	Roseglen	McLean County	0.17	121	1
	White Shield School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Roseglen	McLean County			(n/a)
126^th	Williston Basin 7	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	Williston	Williams County	0.115	122	4
30^th	Wilton 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	McLean County	0.729	84	54
	Wing 28	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wing	Burleigh County			(n/a)
62^nd	Wishek 19	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wishek	McIntosh County	0.573	53	9
64^th	Wyndmere 42	K-12	1	0	1	0	Wyndmere	Richland County	0.556	65	1
18^th	Yellowstone 14	K-8	2	0	0	0	Fairview	McKenzie County	0.806		(n/a)
	Zeeland 4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Zeeland	McIntosh County			(n/a)

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