Schools · Bismarck
Bismarck, ND schools
Bismarck’s public schools score close to North Dakota’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 42.3% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.6%. Kids attend one of 15 elementary schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Bismarck’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Bismarck’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 71% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresAGraduation
North Dakota school districts we grade (148)Better than 71%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Dakota towns with similar household incomes (313)Better than 65%
High confidence. Built on 6,840 tested students and a graduating class of 937; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Dakota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Dakota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Dakota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Bismarck kids go to school
Grades K–5
15 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Bismarck Public School District 1Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades K–5, Bismarck Public School District 1)42%
State average 42.3%
Math (grades K–5, Bismarck Public School District 1)41%
State average 38.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
ND: 86.6%
Graduating class
937
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #4 of 19 ND towns →
Districts
The district serving Bismarck
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Bismarck is home to 2 colleges
Bismarck State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Bismarck2,671on campusUnited Tribes Technical CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bismarck385on campus
All 2 colleges in Bismarck →Every school
All 34 schools in Bismarck
Showing 1–30 of 34 schools
Victor Solheim Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 588 students
APublicElk Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 510 students
PublicRobert Place Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 485 students
C+PublicLiberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 470 students
A-PublicSunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 445 students
APublicNorthridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 410 students
B+PublicCentennial Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 390 students
APublicDorothy Moses Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 390 students
CPublicSilver Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 386 students
PublicRita Murphy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 367 students
B-PublicJeannette Myhre Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 258 students
DPublicWill-Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 232 students
C-PublicPioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 203 students
C-PublicGrimsrud Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 180 students
BPublicRoosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 113 students
APublicHighland Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 103 students
APublicBismarck Elementary Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades K–5
PublicSt. Anne SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 232 students
PrivateSt. Mary's Grade SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 226 students
PrivateMartin Luther SchoolElementary · Grades PK–7 · 109 students
PrivateThe Innovation SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 36 students
PrivateHorizon Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,124 students
BPublicSimle Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,053 students
C+PublicWachter Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,012 students
CPublicBismarck Middle Virtual AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8
PublicLegacy High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,419 students
C-PublicCentury High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,406 students
A-PublicBismarck High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,367 students
CPublicSouth Central Alternative High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 97 students
D-PublicBismarck High Virtual AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.