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Williston Middle School Central Campus

Public Grades 5-8
49th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 59 North Dakota Middle Schools
Better than 17% of North Dakota middle schools
Summary

Williston Middle School Central Campus is a public middle school in Williston, North Dakota, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 1,532 students. The school is part of the Williston Basin 7 school district.

Williston Middle School Central Campus consistently underperforms the state average in math, reading, and science proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's overall math proficiency was 31% compared to the state average of 41%. The school's performance is also below the district average, indicating that it is one of the lower-performing schools within the Williston Basin 7 district. However, the school's Hispanic student population is the only subgroup that ranks 1st out of all ND middle schools, suggesting that this demographic is performing significantly better than their peers at the school.

Williston Middle School Central Campus also faces significant challenges in attendance and engagement. The school has relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 3% to 6% over the past two school years, which are higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20% to 39% over the past two school years, significantly higher than the state average. These attendance and engagement issues may be contributing factors to the school's academic underperformance.

1,536
Students ?
14.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,040
Per pupil spending ?
31.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 501 14th St W
       Williston, ND  58801

(701) 572-5618

District: Williston Basin 7

Racial breakdown:

White:
61.4%
Hispanic:
19.7%
Two or more races:
10.0%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 5th percentile in 2024 → 17th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2024
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Dakota average (33% vs 40% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 20% North Dakota)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school33%
District avg27%
North Dakota avg40%
49th of 59
North Dakota public middle schools ?
Bottom 17%▲ up 12 pts since 2024
From bottom 5% (2024) to bottom 17% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
126th of 134Williston Basin 7 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
202520.349 of 5916.9%★☆☆☆☆
202412.754 of 575.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202562.15 of 1566.7%★★★★☆
202438.614 of 1717.6%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202524.812 of 120.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.111 of 110.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202519.330 of 3718.9%★☆☆☆☆
20249.635 of 362.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202518.114 of 140.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.814 of 140.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202535.71 of 250.0%★★★★★
202427.53 of 30.0%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202519.628 of 319.7%★☆☆☆☆
202410.628 of 280.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202518.132 of 3713.5%★☆☆☆☆
20248.735 of 362.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202525.78 of 1020.0%★☆☆☆☆
202439.49 of 1225.0%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Dakota percentileRating
202517.320 of 2313.0%★☆☆☆☆
20246.724 of 240.0%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2025)67th percentile+50 vs school
Homeless (2025)50th percentile+33 vs school
Native American (2025)20th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)19th percentile~ school
Male (2025)14th percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)13th percentile-4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile-7 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)<1st percentile-17 vs school
Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile-17 vs school
By subject vs North Dakota (2024-2025) ?
Science35%-3 vs state
Reading32%-8 vs state
Math31%-10 vs state

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Students at Williston Middle School Central Campus are 61% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 6% African American, 2% American Indian, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,536 students attended Williston Middle School Central Campus.

Williston Middle School Central Campus ranks in the bottom 16.9% of North Dakota middle schools.


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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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