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Harwood Elementary School

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Harwood Elementary School ranks 36 th of 216 North Dakota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

36^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 216 North Dakota Elementary Schools

Better than 83% of North Dakota elementary schools

Summary

Harwood Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Harwood, North Dakota, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 100 students. The school is part of the West Fargo 6 school district, which is ranked 89 out of 134 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harwood Elementary School consistently outperforms the West Fargo 6 district and the state of North Dakota in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Harwood Elementary School had 54% of students proficient or better in Math, compared to 43% for the West Fargo 6 district and 41% for the state. Similarly, in Reading, Harwood had 49% proficiency, while the district and state had 39% and 40%, respectively. The school has also shown exceptional performance for both female and male students, ranking among the top elementary schools in North Dakota.

Harwood Elementary School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.3 to 13.7 students per teacher over the past few years, which is lower than the nearby schools in the West Fargo 6 district. The school also has a higher spending per student compared to the state and district averages, with a range of $13,280 to $15,371 per student over the past few years. These factors may contribute to the school's academic success and its ability to provide a supportive and personalized learning environment for its students.

Students ?

10.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,893

Per pupil spending ?

11.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

110 Freedland Dr
Harwood, ND 58042

(701) 356-2040

District: West Fargo 6

Students who attend Harwood Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cheney Middle School
High:	West Fargo High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

92.8%

Hispanic:

2.1%

American Indian:

2.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 95th percentile in 2016 → 83rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Dakota average (51% vs 40% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 17% of North Dakota elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in West Fargo 6

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

District avg40%

North Dakota avg40%

36^th of 216

North Dakota public elementary schools ?

Top 17%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From top 9% (2015) to top 17% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 14Elementary Schools in the West Fargo 6

89^th of 134West Fargo 6 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Dakota percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	36 of 216	83.3%	★★★★☆
2024	70.2	43 of 217	80.2%	★★★★☆
2023	73.7	32 of 215	85.1%	★★★★☆
2022	72.2	38 of 217	82.5%	★★★★☆
2021	70.3	45 of 207	78.3%	★★★★☆
2020	77.9	21 of 203	89.7%	★★★★★
2019	78.0	21 of 203	89.7%	★★★★★
2018	81.1	12 of 202	94.1%	★★★★★
2017	90.6	4 of 199	98.0%	★★★★★
2016	83.1	9 of 194	95.4%	★★★★★
2015	79.6	16 of 181	91.2%	★★★★★
2014	76.9	23 of 217	89.4%	★★★★☆
2013	58.7	96 of 217	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	60.8	83 of 195	57.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Dakota percentile	Rating
2022	64.4	38 of 141	73.0%	★★★★☆
2020	86.6	6 of 132	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	86.6	6 of 132	95.5%	★★★★★
2018	82.5	6 of 130	95.4%	★★★★★
2017	92.3	2 of 128	98.4%	★★★★★
2015	58.7	39 of 109	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Dakota percentile	Rating
2022	70.9	27 of 141	80.9%	★★★★☆
2020	94.1	3 of 132	97.7%	★★★★★
2019	94.0	3 of 132	97.7%	★★★★★
2018	81.7	12 of 130	90.8%	★★★★★
2017	83.2	7 of 128	94.5%	★★★★★
2015	87.6	3 of 109	97.2%	★★★★★

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)

Male (2022)81st percentile~ school

Female (2022)73rd percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs North Dakota (2024-2025) ?

Math54%+13 vs state

Reading49%+9 vs state

Science49%+11 vs state

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Schools Near Harwood Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				A-Plus Math (2025)				A-Plus Reading (2025)				A-Plus Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	A-Plus Math 3rd Grade	A-Plus Math 4th Grade	A-Plus Math 5th Grade	A-Plus Math All Grades	A-Plus Reading 3rd Grade	A-Plus Reading 4th Grade	A-Plus Reading 5th Grade	A-Plus Reading All Grades	A-Plus Science 4th Grade	A-Plus Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Harwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	110 Freedland Dr	Harwood	58042	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 356-2040	97	10	10.0	11.3%	90 (92.8%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	74.1	36^th of 216 public elementary schools	83.3%		70.2	43^rd of 217 public elementary schools	80.2%	7	59.0	54.5	44.5	54.0	54.5	54.5	64.5	49.0	49.0	49.0	$18,893	$844	$18,049
McKinley Elementary School	Public	K-5	2930 8th St N	Fargo	58102	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 446-5200	169	21	7.9	53.8%	109 (64.5%)	15 (8.9%)	16 (9.5%)	10 (5.9%)	8 (4.7%)	2 (1.2%)	9 (5.3%)	34.6	157^th of 216 public elementary schools	27.3%		30.2	174^th of 217 public elementary schools	19.8%	17	19.5	29.0	59.0	39.0	39.5	29.5	49.0	34.0	19.5	19.5	$23,494	$2,722	$20,772
Longfellow Elementary School	Public	K-5	20 29th Ave NE	Fargo	58102	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-5000	386	26	15.1	15.5%	338 (87.6%)	5 (1.3%)	13 (3.4%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	86.8	8^th of 216 public elementary schools	96.3%		92.5	4^th of 217 public elementary schools	98.2%	4	79.0	59.0	69.0	67.0	59.0	54.0	59.0	57.0	59.0	59.0	$16,175	$656	$15,519
Madison Elementary School	Public	K-5	1040 N 29th St	Fargo	58102	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 446-5100	134	17	7.7	79.1%	55 (41.0%)	22 (16.4%)	30 (22.4%)	5 (3.7%)	10 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.0%)	18.9	198^th of 216 public elementary schools	8.3%		12.8	207^th of 217 public elementary schools	4.6%	9	19.5	20.0	39.0	24.0	10.0	20.0	49.5	24.0	20.0	20.0	$26,137	$3,136	$23,001
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	1725 N Broadway	Fargo	58102	Cass County	Fargo 1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 446-5400	292	29	10.2	29.5%	234 (80.1%)	11 (3.8%)	12 (4.1%)	15 (5.1%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.8%)	40.9	134^th of 216 public elementary schools	38.0%		41.4	139^th of 217 public elementary schools	35.9%	5	54.0	44.0	49.0	49.0	29.0	29.0	34.0	30.5	39.0	39.0	$17,256	$861	$16,395
West Fargo Elementary Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-5	207 Main Ave W	West Fargo	58078	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	No	(701) 499-1055	10				5 (50.0%)	2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (30.0%)								(n/a)											$8,400	$844	$7,556
L E Berger Elementary School	Public	K-5	631 4th Ave E	West Fargo	58078	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 356-2010	360	33	11.0	61.7%	214 (59.4%)	52 (14.4%)	50 (13.9%)	5 (1.4%)	16 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)	17.1	201^st of 216 public elementary schools	6.9%		22.2	196^th of 217 public elementary schools	9.7%	5	24.0	24.0	34.0	29.0	24.0	24.0	34.0	23.0	29.0	29.0	$16,269	$2,773	$13,496
South Elementary School	Public	K-5	117 6th Ave W	West Fargo	58078	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 356-2100	367	35	10.6	42.5%	227 (61.9%)	69 (18.8%)	23 (6.3%)	6 (1.6%)	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.4%)	52.1	95^th of 216 public elementary schools	56.0%		46.9	119^th of 217 public elementary schools	45.2%	24	49.0	39.0	39.0	44.0	44.0	44.0	39.0	40.5	54.0	54.0	$15,139	$1,983	$13,157
Eastwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 10th Ave E	West Fargo	58078	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(701) 356-2030	387	38	10.3	62.5%	141 (36.4%)	152 (39.3%)	29 (7.5%)	37 (9.6%)	15 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.1%)	28.5	173^rd of 216 public elementary schools	19.9%		20.8	201^st of 217 public elementary schools	7.4%	28	29.0	29.0	29.0	24.0	29.0	39.0	39.0	39.0	39.0	39.0	$15,472	$2,449	$13,023
Westside Elementary School	Public	K-5	945 7th Ave W	West Fargo	58078	Cass County	West Fargo 6	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(701) 356-2110	397	30	13.3	22.4%	332 (83.6%)	26 (6.5%)	13 (3.3%)	4 (1.0%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	51.7	97^th of 216 public elementary schools	55.1%		62.3	63^rd of 217 public elementary schools	71.0%	34	39.0	49.0	59.0	44.0	29.0	49.0	44.0	38.0	39.0	39.0	$13,919	$844	$13,075

IMPORTANT NOTE: North Dakota does not publish exact assessment percentages; instead, results are reported as ranges (e.g., 20-29%) to protect student privacy in smaller groups. The proficiency rates displayed on SchoolDigger are calculated using midpoint imputation—the center value of each reported range. Actual values may differ by up to 5 percentage points from the figures shown.

Frequently Asked Questions about Harwood Elementary School

What district is Harwood Elementary School in?

West Fargo 6

How many students attend Harwood Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 97 students attended Harwood Elementary School.

Is Harwood Elementary School a good school?

Harwood Elementary School ranks 36^th of 216 North Dakota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Harwood Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Harwood Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cheney Middle School
High : West Fargo High School

What is the racial makeup of Harwood Elementary School?

Students at Harwood Elementary School are 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% American Indian, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.