Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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6,336 Students Below the Trend Line

Between 2008 and 2019, North Dakota added an average of 1,526 students a year. The Bakken oil boom filled western classrooms. Fargo's suburbs pushed east. Enrollment climbed from 94,052 to 110,842, a ...

Oil Country Quadrupled Its Schools

In 2008, McKenzie County schools enrolled 533 students. In 2026, they enrolled 2,371. That is a 344.8% increase -- the kind of growth most American school districts will never see. It happened because...