About Bismarck 1 School District
Bismarck 1 School District is a public school system serving Burleigh County, North Dakota, based in Bismarck. It serves 14,098 students across 29 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #1 largest of North Dakota’s 168 school systems.
Size and structure
Bismarck 1 School District enrolls 14,098 students in 29 schools — an average of about 486 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #1 of 168 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Bismarck 1 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (14,098 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Bismarck 1 School District employs about 969 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1 — above the North Dakota average of about 11.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 2,024.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How North Dakota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Bismarck 1 School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
North Dakota publishes ESSA School Accountability Report Cards on its Insights portal, covering proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress, engagement and the Choice Ready rate. Look up Bismarck 1 School District on the North Dakota Insights report card.
Accreditation status
North Dakota requires state approval of every public school through the Department of Public Instruction’s continuous-improvement process; separate accreditation is voluntary and generally handled by Cognia. Look up Bismarck 1 School District in the free Cognia registry, or see the North Dakota DPI.
Bismarck 1 School District vs. North Dakota
See every North Dakota district side by side in the North Dakota directory.
Look up Bismarck 1 School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):