Best Middle Schools in North Dakota for White Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in North Dakota!

Every year, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish North Dakota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NDSA test scores by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Friday, September 13, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 23)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
381902000749	1	Wahpeton Middle School	Public	6-8	1265 12th St N	Wahpeton	58075	Richland County	Wahpeton 37	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 642-6687	267	20	13.4	28.8%	217 (81.3%)	6 (2.2%)	14 (5.2%)	3 (1.1%)	22 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$11,402			$4,206			$7,196	95.7%	95.8%	0.18%
380678000079	2	Discovery Middle School	Public	6-8	1717 40th Ave S	Fargo	58104	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-3300	975	81	12	26.4%	672 (68.9%)	177 (18.2%)	38 (3.9%)	35 (3.6%)	18 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.6%)	$13,686			$1,539			$12,147	91.3%	87.5%	3.80%
380001400061	3	Wachter Middle School	Public	6-8	1107 S 7th St	Bismarck	58504	Burleigh County	Bismarck 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 323-4650	1,000	71	14.1	30.3%	725 (72.5%)	26 (2.6%)	52 (5.2%)	4 (0.4%)	117 (11.7%)	5 (0.5%)	71 (7.1%)	$11,840			$1,247			$10,593	87.0%	75.0%	11.96%
380813000263	4	Schroeder Middle School	Public	6-8	800 32nd Ave S	Grand Forks	58201	Grand Forks County	Grand Forks 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 746-2330	549	48	11.5	16.6%	462 (84.2%)	15 (2.7%)	23 (4.2%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.8%)	$14,611			$1,474			$13,137	82.6%	91.7%	9.06%
380409000163	5	Central Cass Middle School	Public	5-8	802 5th St N	Casselton	58012	Cass County	Central Cass 17	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 347-5352	327	19	16.9	14.1%	314 (96.0%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$10,594			$606			$9,989	78.3%	79.2%	0.91%
380001400051	6	Horizon Middle School	Public	6-8	500 Ash Coulee Dr	Bismarck	58503	Burleigh County	Bismarck 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 323-4550	1,044	75	13.8	14.2%	853 (81.7%)	26 (2.5%)	28 (2.7%)	18 (1.7%)	49 (4.7%)	13 (1.2%)	57 (5.5%)	$11,434			$1,344			$10,090	73.9%	83.3%	9.42%
380813000264	7	South Middle School	Public	6-8	1999 47th Ave S	Grand Forks	58201	Grand Forks County	Grand Forks 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 746-2345	549	55	9.9	31.3%	339 (61.7%)	58 (10.6%)	44 (8.0%)	33 (6.0%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (11.7%)	$14,793			$1,938			$12,854	69.6%	54.2%	15.40%
380678000193	8	Ben Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	1420 8th St N	Fargo	58102	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-3600	883	65	13.6	32.3%	661 (74.9%)	59 (6.7%)	70 (7.9%)	17 (1.9%)	22 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.0%)	$14,221			$1,816			$12,406	65.2%	70.8%	5.62%
381717000594	9	South Prairie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 177th Ave SW	Minot	58701	Ward County	South Prairie 70	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 722-3537	382	26	14.9	19.1%	317 (83.0%)	14 (3.7%)	15 (3.9%)	7 (1.8%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	21 (5.5%)	$11,191			$1,051			$10,140	60.9%	62.5%	1.63%
381182000388	10	Mandan Middle School	Public	6-8	2901 12th Ave NW	Mandan	58554	Morton County	Mandan 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 751-6502	928	61	15.2	30.2%	701 (75.5%)	33 (3.6%)	59 (6.4%)	6 (0.6%)	86 (9.3%)	5 (0.5%)	38 (4.1%)	$11,464			$485			$10,978	56.5%	66.7%	10.14%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NDSA Mathematics, NDSA Reading, NDSA Science test scores released by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 13, 2024, 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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.