Schools · Fargo
Fargo, ND schools
Fargo’s public schools score close to North Dakota’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 42.3% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.6%. Kids attend one of 19 schools through grade 8, then one of 4 middle schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Fargo’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Fargo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 66% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresBGraduation
North Dakota school districts we grade (148)Better than 66%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Dakota towns with similar household incomes (259)Better than 61%
High confidence. Built on 10,993 tested students and a graduating class of 809; 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 Fargo kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–8, Fargo Public School District 1)44%
State average 42.3%
Reading (West Fargo Public School District 6)42%
State average 42.3%
Math (grades K–8, Fargo Public School District 1)41%
State average 38.2%
Math (West Fargo Public School District 6)41%
State average 38.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
ND: 86.6%
Graduating class
809
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #9 of 19 ND towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Fargo
Fargo Public School District 1Grades PK–12 · 26 schools · 11,443 students
$18,846 per studentND $16,642BWest Fargo Public School District 6Grades PK–12 · 26 schools · 13,175 students
$14,624 per studentND $16,642B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 41 schools in Fargo
Showing 1–30 of 41 schools
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 639 students
B-PublicBENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 622 students
APublicOSGOOD ELEM SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 554 students
B-PublicINDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 553 students
B+PublicKENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 469 students
B-PublicWILLOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 461 students
DPublicED CLAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 444 students
DPublicLEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 439 students
DPublicLONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 386 students
A+PublicDEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 384 students
APublicMEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 379 students
PublicHORACE MANN ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 344 students
C+PublicLINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 330 students
C-PublicCLARA BARTON HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 312 students
BPublicEAGLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 292 students
C-PublicWASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 292 students
BPublicJEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 270 students
DPublicMCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 169 students
CPublicMADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 134 students
D-PublicEXPLORER ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–8 · 34 students
PublicFARGO K-8 VIRTUAL ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–8 · 22 students
PublicDISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 992 students
A-PublicBEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 873 students
B+PublicCARL BEN EIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 677 students
CPublicSELF-DIRECTED ACADEMYMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 16 students
PublicFARGO DAVIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,277 students
C+PublicNORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,110 students
A-PublicSOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 898 students
CPublicDAKOTA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 127 students
DPublicFARGO 9-12 VIRTUAL ACADEMYHigh · Grades 9–12 · 113 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.