22 public K-12 schools in Minot from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Minot has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Minot sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
10 of Minot's 22 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
The 59-point gap between Souris River Campus Alternative High School and Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy shows the range hidden by Minot's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Minot school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,086 students (highest), a spread of 1,085 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Souris River Campus Alternative High School | 74 |
| 2. | Bel Air Elementary School | 58 |
| 3. | South Prairie Elementary School | 57 |
| 4. | Mckinley Elementary School | 51 |
| 5. | Perkett Elementary School | 50 |
| 6. | South Prairie High School | 50 |
| 7. | Nedrose High School | 48 |
| 8. | Nedrose Elementary School | 48 |
| 9. | Bell Elementary School | 44 |
| 10. | Sunnyside Elementary School | 43 |
| 11. | John Hoeven Elementary School | 41 |
| 12. | Edison Elementary School | 41 |
| 13. | Central Campus School | 38 |
| 14. | Magic City Campus High School | 36 |
| 15. | Erik Ramstad Middle School | 36 |
| 16. | Jim Hill Middle School | 36 |
| 17. | Lewis and Clark Elementary School | 36 |
| 18. | Longfellow Elementary School | 35 |
| 19. | Washington Elementary School | 33 |
| 20. | Roosevelt Elementary School | 33 |
| 21. | Minot Public Schools 6-8 Virtual Academy | 30 |
| 22. | Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy | 15 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Souris River Campus Alternative High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Minot schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Minot has 22 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,926 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.5:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
