Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Frontier’s public schools
Fargo Public School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Frontier. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 96% 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
Frontier’s schools, in brief
School by school
9 of Frontier’s 21 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Longfellow Elementary School places highest (better than 98%); Madison Elementary School lowest (2%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
15 elementary schools serve Frontier, graded from D− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and four high schools: Fargo Davies High School, North High School, South High School and Dakota High School. 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 Frontier, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Frontier
Early Childhood Special Education School
Grades PK · 162 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Fargo
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fargo Public School District 1.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Frontier vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Dakota towns that share Frontier’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier | — | Fargo Public School District 1 |
| Stanley | — | Fargo Public School District 1 |
| Fargo | B− | Fargo Public School District 1 PK–12 · West Fargo Public School District 6 PK–12 |
All 2 neighbors share Fargo Public School District 1 with Frontier, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Frontier
23 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).
Questions about Frontier’s schools
Are Frontier’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Frontier. Fargo Public School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Frontier. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 9 of its 21 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Frontier in?
Fargo Public School District 1.
Where do Frontier kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Fargo Davies High School, North High School, South High School and Dakota High School.
Parents talk
What Frontier families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Frontier → They have their own page.
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.