Best Elementary Schools in North Dakota

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 216)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
191	Drayton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	108 S 5th St	Drayton	58225	Pembina County	Drayton 19	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 454-3324	120	15	7.8	32.5%	106 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$18,634			$2,998			$15,637	20.9	38	146	45		380534000150
192	Centennial Elementary School	Public	K-5	4201 25th St S	Fargo	58104	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-4300	639	42	15.2	32.1%	380 (59.5%)	130 (20.3%)	38 (5.9%)	54 (8.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.0%)	$13,803			$655			$13,149	20.8	22.8	193	1		380678000823
193	Will-Moore Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 E Ave E	Bismarck	58501	Burleigh County	Bismarck 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 323-4270	232	24	9.6	41.8%	107 (46.1%)	14 (6.0%)	30 (12.9%)	13 (5.6%)	34 (14.7%)	2 (0.9%)	32 (13.8%)	$17,082			$2,467			$14,615	20.7	28	179	14		380001400062
194	Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 17th Ave SE	Minot	58701	Ward County	Minot 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 857-4695	336	26	12.7	62.8%	195 (58.0%)	33 (9.8%)	54 (16.1%)	9 (2.7%)	12 (3.6%)	2 (0.6%)	31 (9.2%)	$17,182			$823			$16,360	19.4	29.2	177	17		381303000450
195	Century Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1540 school road	Grafton	58237	Walsh County	Grafton 18	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 352-1930	532	60	8.8	48.5%	299 (56.2%)	8 (1.5%)	195 (36.7%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.4%)	$11,703			$1,991			$9,712	19.4	23.1	191	4		380040600923
196	P S Berg Elementary School	Public	K-5	307 3rd Ave W	Dickinson	58601	Stark County	Dickinson 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 456-0010	223	28	7.9	43.5%	152 (68.2%)	11 (4.9%)	43 (19.3%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$15,823			$1,146			$14,676	19.4	42.4	135	61		380003800895
197	Osgood Elementary School	Public	K-5	5550 44th Ave S	Fargo	58104	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 356-2190	554	44	12.5	41.2%	301 (54.3%)	155 (28.0%)	37 (6.7%)	9 (1.6%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (8.1%)	$13,698			$2,026			$11,672	19.3	21.7	199	2		381941000841
198	Madison Elementary School	Public	K-5	1040 N 29th St	Fargo	58102	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 446-5100	134	17	7.7	79.1%	55 (41.0%)	22 (16.4%)	30 (22.4%)	5 (3.7%)	10 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.0%)	$26,137			$3,136			$23,001	18.9	12.8	207	9		380678000203
199	Minnewaukan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4675 Hwy 281 N	Minnewaukan	58351	Benson County	Minnewaukan 5	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 473-5306	182	17	10.8	92.3%	14 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	165 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$20,833			$3,201			$17,632	18	26.5	184	15		381299000430
200	North Sargent Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	16 1st St SW	Gwinner	58040	Sargent County	North Sargent 3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 678-2492	131	16	8.1	50.4%	110 (84.0%)	16 (12.2%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,018			$1,714			$16,305	17.7	30.5	171	29		381429000504

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on A-Plus Math, A-Plus Reading, A-Plus Science test scores released by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on December 4, 2025, 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.

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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.

About North Dakota Assessment Data: To protect student privacy, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction reports assessment results as percentage ranges rather than exact values. SchoolDigger calculates proficiency rates using midpoint imputation, which uses the center value of each reported range. For example, a reported range of 20-29% is represented as 24.5%. As a result, the proficiency rates shown may vary by approximately ±5 percentage points from actual values. This variance is most significant for individual grade/subject combinations and diminishes when data is aggregated across multiple grades or subjects.