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
61	Hope Page Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	630 May Ave	Page	58064	Cass County	Hope-Page 85	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 668-2520	97	11	8.8	16.5%	91 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	$20,371			$1,384			$18,987	63.9	44.7	126	65		380040400900
62	Maple Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	207 Broadway St	Tower City	58071	Cass County	Maple Valley 4	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 749-2570	122	16	7.8	24.6%	112 (91.8%)	2 (1.6%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$15,409			$621			$14,787	63.8	52.4	96	34		381202000889
63	Hillsboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	128 4th St SE	Hillsboro	58045	Traill County	Hillsboro 9	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 636-4711	254	23	10.9	24.4%	221 (87.0%)	3 (1.2%)	20 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$11,331			$476			$10,855	63.7	54.9	86	23		380957000301
64	Ft Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	2007 8th Ave SE	Mandan	58554	Morton County	Mandan 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 751-6504	455	26	17.5	14.7%	384 (84.4%)	6 (1.3%)	28 (6.2%)	5 (1.1%)	18 (4.0%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.4%)	$12,904			$478			$12,426	63.6	49.6	104	40		381182000081
65	Liberty Elementary School	Public	K-5	5400 Onyx Dr	Bismarck	58503	Burleigh County	Bismarck 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 323-4320	470	30	15.7	5.7%	399 (84.9%)	9 (1.9%)	8 (1.7%)	15 (3.2%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.0%)	$13,145			$598			$12,546	62.1	48.8	110	45		380001400865
66	Washington Elementary School	Public	4-6	510 8th Ave SW	Valley City	58072	Barnes County	Valley City 2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 845-0849	209	15	13.5	34.0%	185 (88.5%)	4 (1.9%)	6 (2.9%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)	$12,734			$882			$11,852	62	65	56	10		381885000657
67	Bottineau Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Brander St	Bottineau	58318	Bottineau County	Bottineau 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 228-3718	351	30	11.8	32.8%	295 (84.0%)	6 (1.7%)	7 (2.0%)	5 (1.4%)	33 (9.4%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	$11,059			$422			$10,638	61.9	70	45	22		380306000067
68	Mapleton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	300 1st St	Mapleton	58059	Cass County	Mapleton 7	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 282-3833	239	27	9	11.3%	218 (91.2%)	3 (1.3%)	11 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$15,058			$248			$14,810	61	67.6	48	20		381203000397
69	Clara Barton Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	K-5	1417 6th St S	Fargo	58103	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-4400	312	25	12.4	22.4%	261 (83.7%)	5 (1.6%)	18 (5.8%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.4%)	$18,035			$453			$17,582	60.9	74.6	33	36		380678000195
70	Ellendale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	321 1st St N	Ellendale	58436	Dickey County	Ellendale 40	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 349-3232	120	9	12.8	22.5%	100 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (10.8%)	3 (2.5%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$13,564			$855			$12,708	60.8	61	69	1		380609000177

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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.

Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.