Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Fessenden-Bowdon Elementary School, Fessenden, ND

Fessenden-Bowdon Elementary School is a public elementary school in Fessenden, part of Fessenden-Bowdon 25 School District. It enrolled 140 students in 2024-25, with 12.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "FESSENDEN-BOWDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 140
Teachers (FTE): 11.0
Students per teacher: 12.7
Grades: PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.2 higher than the district figure of 11.5. The North Dakota average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.7

District11.5

North Dakota11.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 500 2nd St N, Fessenden, ND 58438
Phone: (701)547-3296
District: Fessenden-Bowdon 25 School District
County: Wells County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 380004900212

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 10
Reduced-price lunch: 12
Free or reduced-price lunch: 2215.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 10Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.