North Dakota · NCES CCD 2024-25
Largest Schools in North Dakota The 50 largest public schools in North Dakota, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.
Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools . · Updated August 2026
1,419 Largest school
861 Avg across top 50
50 Schools listed The ranking in one line
Legacy High School in Bismarck is North Dakota's largest public school with 1,419 students enrolled.
1,419 students at Legacy High School
17.3:1 student-teacher ratio at the largest school
861 average across the top 50 # School Student:Teacher Level District Enrollment 1 Legacy High School Bismarck 17.3:1 High BISMARCK 1 1,419 2 Century High School Bismarck 16.5:1 High BISMARCK 1 1,406 3 West Fargo Sheyenne High School West Fargo 14.1:1 High WEST FARGO 6 1,400 4 West Fargo High School West Fargo 13.1:1 High WEST FARGO 6 1,380 5 Williston High School Williston 14.7:1 High WILLISTON BASIN 7 1,370 6 Bismarck High School Bismarck 17.5:1 High BISMARCK 1 1,367 7 Fargo Davies High School Fargo 13.7:1 High FARGO 1 1,277 8 Red River High School Grand Forks 14.9:1 High GRAND FORKS 1 1,190 9 Mandan High School Mandan 16.1:1 High MANDAN 1 1,175 10 Horizon Middle School Bismarck 15:1 Middle BISMARCK 1 1,124 11 Central High School Grand Forks 13.3:1 High GRAND FORKS 1 1,115 12 North High School Fargo 13.9:1 High FARGO 1 1,110 13 Liberty Middle School West Fargo 12:1 Middle WEST FARGO 6 1,103 14 Magic City Campus High School Minot 18.4:1 High MINOT 1 1,086 15 Central Campus School Minot 14.3:1 High MINOT 1 1,085 16 Simle Middle School Bismarck 14.4:1 Middle BISMARCK 1 1,053 17 Dickinson High School Dickinson 18.3:1 High DICKINSON 1 1,022 18 Wachter Middle School Bismarck 14.5:1 Middle BISMARCK 1 1,012 19 Cheney Middle School West Fargo 11.6:1 Middle WEST FARGO 6 1,006 20 Mandan Middle School Mandan 16.4:1 Middle MANDAN 1 1,003 21 Discovery Middle School Fargo 12.2:1 Middle FARGO 1 992 22 Dickinson Middle School Dickinson 20.1:1 Middle DICKINSON 1 944 23 South High School Fargo 11.1:1 High FARGO 1 898 24 Ben Franklin Middle School Fargo 13.6:1 Middle FARGO 1 873 25 Heritage Middle School Horace 15.4:1 Middle WEST FARGO 6 799 26 Horace High School Horace 24.5:1 High WEST FARGO 6 785 27 Jamestown High School Jamestown 11.1:1 High JAMESTOWN 1 722 28 Carl Ben Eielson Middle School Fargo 11.9:1 Middle FARGO 1 677 29 Fox Hills Elementary School Watford City 22.9:1 Elementary MCKENZIE CO 1 663 30 Centennial Elementary School Fargo 16.4:1 Elementary FARGO 1 639 31 Bakken Elementary School Williston 12.8:1 Elementary WILLISTON BASIN 7 627 32 Bennett Elementary School Fargo 15.9:1 Elementary FARGO 1 622 33 Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln 13.8:1 Elementary BISMARCK 1 605 34 Turtle Mountain Community Elementary School Belcourt 12.6:1 Other BELCOURT 7 605 35 Victor Solheim Elementary School Bismarck 15.5:1 Elementary BISMARCK 1 588 36 Erik Ramstad Middle School Minot 12.4:1 Middle MINOT 1 584 37 Schroeder Middle School Grand Forks 12.1:1 Middle GRAND FORKS 1 569 38 Discovery Elementary School Grand Forks 13.2:1 Other GRAND FORKS 1 567 39 Watford City High School Watford City 23.6:1 High MCKENZIE CO 1 566 40 Turtle Mountain Community High School Belcourt 9.9:1 High BELCOURT 7 557 41 Osgood Elem School Fargo 12.9:1 Elementary WEST FARGO 6 554 42 Independence Elementary School Fargo 15.8:1 Elementary WEST FARGO 6 553 43 Devils Lake High School Devils Lake 17.3:1 High DEVILS LAKE 1 552 44 South Middle School Grand Forks 10:1 Middle GRAND FORKS 1 549 45 Horace Elementary School Horace 19.6:1 Elementary WEST FARGO 6 548 46 Edwin Loe Elementary School New Town 11.9:1 Other NEW TOWN 1 546 47 Badlands Elementary School Watford City 15.8:1 Other MCKENZIE CO 1 538 48 Brooks Harbor Elementary School West Fargo 14.1:1 Elementary WEST FARGO 6 537 49 Central Middle School Devils Lake 12.5:1 Elementary DEVILS LAKE 1 536 50 Century Elementary School Grafton 8.9:1 Other GRAFTON 18 532
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Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year.
Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated
from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.
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