Elementary School on UTTC Campus Struggled With Enrollment

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The elementary school on the United Tribes Technical College campus in Bismarck is seeking to boost enrollment while also pushing the federal government to build a new facility.

The majority of students who attend Theodore Jamerson School have parents who live on campus as students of the college run by American Indian tribes in North Dakota. The school also accepts Native American children from Bismarck-Mandan but hasn't made a big effort to attract them until now.

The Bismarck Tribune reports the school dropped eighth grade this year due to low enrollment, and seventh grade has only four students. Total enrollment is about 100.

Principal Sam Azure says enrollment woes are due to the college attracting younger students than it used to, and to Bismarck's high cost of living.