Largest Schools in North Dakota
North Dakota has 499 public schools across 170 districts with a total enrollment of 118,375 students. The largest school is West Fargo Sheyenne High School in West Fargo.
Largest Schools in North Dakota
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Fargo Sheyenne High School | West Fargo | 1,473 |
| 2 | Century High School | Bismarck | 1,427 |
| 3 | West Fargo High School | West Fargo | 1,423 |
| 4 | Legacy High School | Bismarck | 1,418 |
| 5 | Fargo Davies High School | Fargo | 1,363 |
| 6 | Williston High School | Williston | 1,363 |
| 7 | Bismarck High School | Bismarck | 1,333 |
| 8 | Mandan High School | Mandan | 1,138 |
| 9 | Red River High School | Grand Forks | 1,137 |
| 10 | Liberty Middle School | West Fargo | 1,102 |
Largest Districts in North Dakota
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bismarck 1 | 13,964 |
| 2 | West Fargo 6 | 12,648 |
| 3 | Fargo 1 | 11,431 |
| 4 | Minot 1 | 7,700 |
| 5 | Grand Forks 1 | 7,597 |
| 6 | Williston Basin 7 | 5,292 |
| 7 | Mandan 1 | 4,336 |
| 8 | Dickinson 1 | 3,951 |
| 9 | Jamestown 1 | 2,161 |
| 10 | Mckenzie Co 1 | 2,004 |
School data for North Dakota is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in North Dakota by enrollment is West Fargo Sheyenne High School in West Fargo with 1,473 students.
North Dakota has 499 public schools across 170 school districts, with a total enrollment of 118,375 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.