About Fargo 1 School District
Fargo 1 School District is a public school system serving Cass County, North Dakota, based in Fargo. It serves 11,444 students across 26 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #3 largest of North Dakota’s 168 school systems.
Size and structure
Fargo 1 School District enrolls 11,444 students in 26 schools — an average of about 440 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #3 of 168 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Fargo 1 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (11,444 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
Fargo 1 School District employs about 989 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1 — above the North Dakota average of about 11.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 2,051.
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 Fargo 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 Fargo 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 Fargo 1 School District in the free Cognia registry, or see the North Dakota DPI.
Fargo 1 School District vs. North Dakota
See every North Dakota district side by side in the North Dakota directory.
Look up Fargo 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):