North Dakota City Rankings

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings will be released any day now!

Other ND Rankings:

Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

Rank (of 129)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2017)	Rank (2016)	Rank change from 2016
1^st	Wyndmere	1	0	1	0	0	0.995	2	1
2^nd	Harwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.99	3	1
3^rd	Abercrombie	1	0	0	0	0	0.98	1	2
4^th	Plaza	1	0	1	0	0	0.975	56	52
5^th	Buxton	1	0	1	0	0	0.97	9	4
6^th	Berthold	1	0	1	0	0	0.965	48	42
7^th	Oriska	0	1	0	0	0	0.96	6	1
8^th	Mapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.955		(n/a)
9^th	Fairview	1	0	0	0	0	0.931	11	2
10^th	Lamoure	2	0	1	0	0	0.927	28	18
11^th	Finley	1	0	1	0	0	0.926	32	21
12^th	Manvel	1	0	0	0	0	0.906	20	8
13^th	Alexander	1	0	1	0	0	0.896	107	94
14^th	Litchville	1	0	0	0	0	0.886		(n/a)
15^th	Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	0.835	34	19
16^th	Kindred	1	0	1	0	0	0.832	7	9
17^th	Binford	1	0	0	0	0	0.832	119	102
18^th	South Heart	1	0	1	0	0	0.827	75	57
19^th	Mohall	1	0	1	0	0	0.812	10	9
20^th	Inkster	1	0	1	0	0	0.807	126	106
21^st	Horace	1	0	0	0	0	0.797	5	16
22^nd	Ellendale	1	0	1	0	0	0.787	12	10
23^rd	Cooperstown	1	0	1	0	0	0.779	74	51
24^th	Fessenden	1	0	1	0	0	0.777	91	67
25^th	Walhalla	1	0	1	0	0	0.762	65	40
26^th	Harvey	1	0	1	0	0	0.761	14	12
27^th	Valley City	1	2	1	0	0	0.758	25	2
28^th	Casselton	1	1	1	0	0	0.757	8	20
29^th	Park River	1	0	1	0	0	0.748	46	17
30^th	Page	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	55	25
31^st	Carrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.733	13	18
32^nd	Minot Afb	2	1	0	0	0	0.727	26	6
33^rd	Golva	1	0	0	0	0	0.723		(n/a)
34^th	Linton	1	0	1	0	0	0.718	59	25
35^th	Powers Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.713	103	68
36^th	Cavalier	1	0	1	0	0	0.711	52	16
37^th	Lakota	1	0	1	0	0	0.703	83	46
38^th	Jamestown	5	1	1	0	4	0.697	31	7
39^th	Hazen	1	1	1	0	0	0.68	30	9
40^th	Edinburg	0	0	1	0	0	0.654	24	16
41^st	Grenora	1	0	1	0	0	0.653	94	53
42^nd	Rugby	1	0	1	0	1	0.648	39	3
43^rd	Richardton	0	0	1	0	0	0.635	125	82
44^th	McVille	1	0	0	0	0	0.634	37	7
45^th	Wilton	1	0	1	0	0	0.624	90	45
46^th	Hillsboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.613	63	17
47^th	Fargo	15	3	4	0	2	0.604	54	7
48^th	Mayville	1	1	1	0	0	0.599	68	20
49^th	Enderlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.595	23	26
50^th	West Fargo	7	2	1	1	1	0.579	41	9
51^st	Wimbledon	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	42	9
52^nd	Glenburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	76	24
53^rd	Velva	1	0	1	0	0	0.565	67	14
54^th	Grand Forks AFB	1	1	0	0	0	0.559	53	1
55^th	Burlington	1	0	0	0	0	0.557	87	32
56^th	Dickinson	6	2	2	0	4	0.551	66	10
57^th	Drayton	1	0	1	0	0	0.55	98	41
58^th	Cando	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	38	20
59^th	Ashley	1	0	1	0	0	0.54	18	41
60^th	Hunter	1	1	1	0	0	0.539	29	31
61^st	Medina	1	0	1	0	0	0.535	61
62^nd	Hankinson	1	0	1	0	0	0.53	60	2
63^rd	New Salem	1	0	1	0	0	0.52	92	29
64^th	Maddock	1	0	1	0	0	0.515	36	28
65^th	Minot	12	2	2	1	3	0.501	93	28
66^th	Devils Lake	4	1	1	0	1	0.494	35	31
67^th	Hebron	1	0	1	0	0	0.48	33	34
68^th	Westhope	1	0	1	0	0	0.475	64	4
69^th	Lisbon	1	1	1	0	0	0.473	47	22
70^th	Bismarck	20	3	3	1	9	0.467	79	9
71^st	Gwinner	1	0	1	0	0	0.465	17	54
72^nd	Leeds	1	0	1	0	0	0.46	102	30
73^rd	Killdeer	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	116	43
74^th	Flasher	1	0	1	0	0	0.446	73	1
75^th	Belfield	2	0	1	0	0	0.438	137	62
76^th	Grand Forks	10	3	3	0	3	0.438	84	8
77^th	Hatton	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	82	5
78^th	Bowman	1	0	1	0	0	0.433	78
79^th	New England	1	0	1	0	0	0.424	99	20
80^th	Larimore	1	0	1	0	1	0.422	96	16
81^st	Mott	1	0	1	0	0	0.416	110	29
82^nd	Mandan	8	1	3	0	2	0.406	95	13
83^rd	Des Lacs	0	0	1	0	0	0.385	112	29
84^th	Elgin	1	0	1	0	0	0.384	80	4
85^th	Underwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.376	43	42
86^th	Steele	1	0	1	0	0	0.356	130	44
87^th	Hettinger	1	0	1	0	0	0.353	27	60
88^th	Wishek	1	0	1	0	0	0.351	85	3
89^th	Lidgerwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.337	89
90^th	Oakes	1	0	1	0	0	0.333	49	41
91^st	Crosby	1	0	1	0	0	0.33	106	15
92^nd	Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0.329	104	12
93^rd	Wahpeton	2	1	1	0	1	0.328	97	4
94^th	Kulm	1	0	1	0	0	0.327	145	51
95^th	Beulah	1	1	1	0	0	0.319	114	19
96^th	New Rockford	1	0	1	0	0	0.317	86	10
97^th	Surrey	1	0	1	0	0	0.315	117	20
98^th	Rolette	1	0	1	0	0	0.307	128	30
99^th	Bottineau	1	0	1	0	0	0.3	115	16
100^th	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.297	50	50
101^st	Stanley	1	0	1	0	0	0.275	133	32
102^nd	Garrison	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	101	1
103^rd	Anamoose	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	108	5
104^th	Rolla	1	0	1	0	0	0.257	62	42
105^th	Strasburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.243	72	33
106^th	Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0.238	129	23
107^th	Kenmare	1	0	1	0	0	0.208	21	86
108^th	New Town	1	1	1	0	0	0.204	138	30
109^th	Tioga	1	0	1	0	0	0.203	105	4
110^th	Napoleon	1	0	1	0	0	0.193	88	22
111^th	Turtle Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.188	111
112^th	Watford City	1	0	1	0	1	0.187	132	20
113^th	Glen Ullin	1	0	1	0	0	0.178	134	21
114^th	Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	0.173	77	37
115^th	Lincoln	1	0	0	0	0	0.168	127	12
116^th	Max	1	0	1	0	0	0.158	70	46
117^th	Langdon	1	0	1	0	1	0.151	109	8
118^th	Center	1	0	1	0	0	0.134	40	78
119^th	Williston	7	2	2	0	2	0.095	135	16
120^th	Ray	1	0	1	0	0	0.093	118	2
121^st	Towner	1	0	1	0	0	0.089	131	10
122^nd	Minto	1	0	1	0	0	0.064	100	22
123^rd	Granville	1	0	1	0	0	0.059	142	19
124^th	Trenton	1	0	1	0	0	0.054	139	15
125^th	Grafton	1	1	1	0	0	0.052	122	3
126^th	Parshall	1	0	1	0	0	0.04	146	20
127^th	Belcourt	2	1	1	0	1	0.037	144	17
128^th	Saint John	1	0	1	0	0	0.01	136	8
129^th	Warwick	1	0	1	0	0	0	150	21

Sign up for updates!

Be the first to know when we update our rankings!

About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 4, 2019, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Other North Dakota Ranking lists:

Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.