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North Shore Plaza Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
99th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 216 North Dakota Elementary Schools
Better than 54% of North Dakota elementary schools
Summary

North Shore Plaza Elementary School is a public elementary school in Plaza, North Dakota, serving 134 students in grades PK-6 as part of the Lewis And Clark 161 school district.

This school consistently outperforms the state and district averages in math, reading, and science proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, its overall math proficiency rate was 54%, compared to 41% for the state and 44% for the district. The school's reading proficiency rate for all grades was 35.5%, higher than the state's 40% and the district's 43%. While its science proficiency rate of 29.5% was lower than the state's 38%, it was still higher than the district's 34%. North Shore Plaza Elementary has a strong track record of high statewide rankings, ranking in the top 10% of North Dakota elementary schools for several years, including a 5-star rating and 1st place ranking in 2015-2016.

Compared to the nearby Parshall Elementary School, which is part of the Parshall 3 district, North Shore Plaza Elementary consistently outperforms in academic proficiency and has a lower student-teacher ratio, ranging from 15.2 to 16.8 students per teacher over the past three school years. Parshall Elementary School has much lower rates in math, reading, and science, as well as a lower statewide ranking and a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

136
Students ?
15.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,032
Per pupil spending ?
24.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 801 Covell St
       Plaza, ND  58771

(701) 497-3734

District: Lewis And Clark 161


Students who attend North Shore Plaza Elementary School usually attend:

High:    North Shore Plaza High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
81.6%
American Indian:
12.5%
Hispanic:
5.9%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 99th percentile in 2016 → 54th in 2025
Strengths
✓Above the North Dakota median (54th percentile)
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 45 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school40%
District avg40%
North Dakota avg40%
99th of 216
North Dakota public elementary schools ?
Top 46%▲ up 23 pts since 2015
From bottom 31% (2015) to top 46% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Lewis And Clark 161
47th of 134Lewis And Clark 161 among North Dakota districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202551.599 of 21654.2%★★★☆☆
202461.567 of 21769.1%★★★☆☆
202381.317 of 21592.1%★★★★★
202261.468 of 21768.7%★★★☆☆
202157.083 of 20759.9%★★★☆☆
202078.120 of 20390.1%★★★★★
201978.120 of 20390.1%★★★★★
201878.318 of 20291.1%★★★★★
201778.714 of 19993.0%★★★★★
201694.61 of 19499.5%★★★★★
201540.1125 of 18130.9%★★☆☆☆
201434.9174 of 21719.8%★☆☆☆☆
201324.2193 of 21711.1%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs North Dakota (2024-2025) ?
Math54%+13 vs state
Reading36%-4 vs state
Science30%-8 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 136 students attended North Shore Plaza Elementary School.

North Shore Plaza Elementary School ranks 99th of 216 North Dakota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend North Shore Plaza Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : North Shore Plaza High School

Students at North Shore Plaza Elementary School are 82% White, 13% American Indian, 6% Hispanic.


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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.

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