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
111	Hettinger Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	209 S 8th St	Hettinger	58639	Adams County	Hettinger 13	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 567-5315	172	15	11.7	25.6%	147 (85.5%)	1 (0.6%)	9 (5.2%)	7 (4.1%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$13,365			$604			$12,761	48.1	38.1	145	34		380941000298
112	Killdeer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	101 High St NW	Killdeer	58640	Dunn County	Killdeer 16	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 764-5877	344	41	8.3	20.3%	259 (75.3%)	4 (1.2%)	26 (7.6%)	3 (0.9%)	44 (12.8%)	4 (1.2%)	4 (1.2%)	$29,492			$867			$28,626	47.4	55.1	84	28		381027000331
113	Bel Air Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	501 25th St NW	Minot	58703	Ward County	Minot 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 857-4590	265	17	15.6	24.2%	203 (76.6%)	5 (1.9%)	26 (9.8%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.5%)	$17,671			$846			$16,824	47.4	42.6	132	19		381303000432
114	Prairie View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	400 N 4th St	New Salem	58563	Morton County	New Salem-Almont 49	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 843-7823	212	17	12.4	27.8%	201 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,565			$568			$11,998	46.8	39.2	143	29		380039200494
115	Lewis And Clark Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 13th Ave S	Grand Forks	58201	Grand Forks County	Grand Forks 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 746-2285	178	13	13.6	40.4%	130 (73.0%)	2 (1.1%)	19 (10.7%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (13.5%)	$20,772			$1,735			$19,037	46.4	56.9	81	34		380813000257
116	Taylor-Richardton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	306 Ertel Ave	Taylor	58656	Stark County	Richardton-Taylor 34	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 974-3585	142	11	12.4	26.1%	129 (90.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.6%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,023			$495			$13,527	45.9	57.4	78	38		380004800626
117	Edgeley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	307 6th St	Edgeley	58433	LaMoure County	Edgeley 3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 493-2292	138	9	15.2	16.7%	134 (97.1%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,529			$936			$14,593	45.8	40.5	141	24		380585000093
118	Bennett Elementary School	Public	K-5	2000 S 58th Ave	Fargo	58104	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-4000	622	37	17	23.0%	432 (69.5%)	84 (13.5%)	27 (4.3%)	31 (5.0%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.4%)	$12,570			$457			$12,113	45.1	65.8	52	66		380678000160
119	Horace Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 Ironwood Dr	Horace	58047	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 356-2080	548	38	14.6	12.4%	459 (83.8%)	31 (5.7%)	26 (4.7%)	7 (1.3%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	$12,026			$844			$11,182	45.1	56.7	82	37		381941000679
120	Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	321 N Benson St	Tioga	58852	Williams County	Tioga 15	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 664-3441	324	24	13.7	12.0%	233 (71.9%)	6 (1.9%)	73 (22.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$15,877			$423			$15,455	44.8	43.7	129	9		380003900633

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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.