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Post office in Colfax, North Dakota 7-29-2009Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Schools in Colfax

Colfax’s public schools

Richland Public School District 44 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Colfax. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above North Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in North Dakota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
62%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.5K
▼ 13% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.8
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
310 students on the public path
In brief

Colfax’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Colfax’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Richland Elementary School places highest (better than 69%); Richland Junior-Senior High School lowest (24%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Colfax, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Richland Elementary Schoolin AbercrombieB+
7–12Richland Junior-Senior High SchoolRichland Public School District 44C−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Richland Public School District 44.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Richland Public School District 44Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 310 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$14,526ND $16,642 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 43.8% · 147 students tested
Math62%
State average 38.6% · 147 students tested

Colfax vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the North Dakota towns that share Colfax’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Colfax—Richland Public School District 44

Every school in Colfax

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Dakota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Colfaxby address
Richland Junior-Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12
C−
126 students13:1Rate it →
Also serving Colfaxin other towns
Richland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Abercrombie
B+
184 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Colfax’s schools

Are Colfax’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Colfax. Richland Public School District 44 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Colfax. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Colfax in?

Richland Public School District 44.

Where do Colfax kids go to high school?

Richland Junior-Senior High School.

Parents talk

What Colfax families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.