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.

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 Enrollment
1 Legacy High School Bismarck 1,419
2 Century High School Bismarck 1,406
3 West Fargo Sheyenne High School West Fargo 1,400
4 West Fargo High School West Fargo 1,380
5 Williston High School Williston 1,370
6 Bismarck High School Bismarck 1,367
7 Fargo Davies High School Fargo 1,277
8 Red River High School Grand Forks 1,190
9 Mandan High School Mandan 1,175
10 Horizon Middle School Bismarck 1,124
11 Central High School Grand Forks 1,115
12 North High School Fargo 1,110
13 Liberty Middle School West Fargo 1,103
14 Magic City Campus High School Minot 1,086
15 Central Campus School Minot 1,085
16 Simle Middle School Bismarck 1,053
17 Dickinson High School Dickinson 1,022
18 Wachter Middle School Bismarck 1,012
19 Cheney Middle School West Fargo 1,006
20 Mandan Middle School Mandan 1,003
21 Discovery Middle School Fargo 992
22 Dickinson Middle School Dickinson 944
23 South High School Fargo 898
24 Ben Franklin Middle School Fargo 873
25 Heritage Middle School Horace 799
26 Horace High School Horace 785
27 Jamestown High School Jamestown 722
28 Carl Ben Eielson Middle School Fargo 677
29 Fox Hills Elementary School Watford City 663
30 Centennial Elementary School Fargo 639
31 Bakken Elementary School Williston 627
32 Bennett Elementary School Fargo 622
33 Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln 605
34 Turtle Mountain Community Elementary School Belcourt 605
35 Victor Solheim Elementary School Bismarck 588
36 Erik Ramstad Middle School Minot 584
37 Schroeder Middle School Grand Forks 569
38 Discovery Elementary School Grand Forks 567
39 Watford City High School Watford City 566
40 Turtle Mountain Community High School Belcourt 557
41 Osgood Elem School Fargo 554
42 Independence Elementary School Fargo 553
43 Devils Lake High School Devils Lake 552
44 South Middle School Grand Forks 549
45 Horace Elementary School Horace 548
46 Edwin Loe Elementary School New Town 546
47 Badlands Elementary School Watford City 538
48 Brooks Harbor Elementary School West Fargo 537
49 Central Middle School Devils Lake 536
50 Century Elementary School Grafton 532

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Methodology

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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