Public schools in Minot, ND

Minot has 19 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 6,668 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Minot Public School District runs 15 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Minot's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in MinotDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Minot Public School District157,715$15,223
South Prairie School District2533$12,756
Nedrose Public School2601$13,298

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Minot, 1,602 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Magic City Campus High School1,08614.218.0%Minot
Nedrose High School2929.729.1%Nedrose Public School
South Prairie High School15511.116.8%South Prairie
Souris River Campus Alternative High School505.5not reportedMinot
Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy19not reportednot reportedMinot

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Minot, 1,090 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Erik Ramstad Middle School58414.019.9%Minot
Jim Hill Middle School50514.022.2%Minot
Minot Public Schools 6-8 Virtual Academy1not reportednot reportedMinot

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

11 elementary schools in Minot, 3,976 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
John Hoeven Elementary School50416.927.4%Minot
Edison Elementary School46112.820.6%Minot
Longfellow Elementary School43513.826.7%Minot
Lewis and Clark Elementary School41813.125.8%Minot
South Prairie Elementary School41116.116.5%South Prairie
Perkett Elementary School39415.022.6%Minot
Washington Elementary School33612.754.5%Minot
Sunnyside Elementary School30712.674.6%Minot
Nedrose Elementary School27012.511.1%Nedrose Public School
Bel Air Elementary School26515.716.2%Minot
One more elementary school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Roosevelt Elementary School17511.632.6%Minot

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Minot's public schools compare with North Dakota's

The median Minot school has 13.1 students per full-time teacher, more than the North Dakota median of 10.5. 32% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 39% across the state. Its median school enrolls 336 students (state 150).

Minot against North Dakota, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MinotNorth Dakota
Median students per teacher13.110.5
Median school size (students)336150
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)32%39%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)5.3%8.2%
Charter schools0%0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 19 Minot schools and the 486 North Dakota schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Minot

  1. Minot Public School DistrictRuns 15 of Minot's 19 public schools and spent $15,223 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,223
  2. Magic City Campus High School, the largest high school in Minot1,086 students in 2024-25, 14.2 per teacher.1,086
  3. Compare Minot Public School District with South Prairie School DistrictMinot's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in North DakotaNorth Dakota's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Minot addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in North Dakota

  1. Fargo29 schools
  2. Bismarck28 schools
  3. West Fargo17 schools
  4. Grand Forks16 schools
  5. Mandan13 schools
  6. Dickinson12 schools
  7. Williston9 schools
  8. Jamestown7 schools

Questions about schools in Minot

  1. How many public schools are in Minot, ND?
    19 public schools with an address in Minot were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 6,668 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Minot?
    Magic City Campus High School, with 1,086 students in 2024-25 (Minot Public School District).
  3. Which districts run Minot's schools?
    Minot Public School District (15 schools), South Prairie School District (2 schools), Nedrose Public School (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .