Lewis and Clark Public School District

Lewis and Clark Public School District 161 is a school district headquartered in Berthold, North Dakota.^[2] The district is named after Lewis and Clark.

Lewis and Clark Public School District
Address
401 4th Avenue NE Berthold , North Dakota, 58718 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12[1]
NCES District ID	3800058[1]
Students and staff
Students	435[1]
Teachers	37.92[1]
Staff	33.34[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.47[1]
Other information
Website	www.lewisandclark.k12.nd.us

It operates two schools: Berthold Public School and NSP Public School, the latter in Plaza and serving Plaza and North Shore.

History

The district formed on July 1, 2003 from the merger of the Berthold, North Shore, and Plaza school districts. In Berthold, the vote to approve the merger was 167-35. In North Shore, the vote was 178-64. In Plaza, the vote was 146-2.^[3] The North Shore district was based in Makoti.^[4]

In 2011 residents of northern McLean County and southern Ward County requested to the state that it re-assign 80,000 square feet (7,400 m²) of land, or 125 sections of land, from Lewis and Clark to the Max School District.^[5]

Area

The district has 875 square miles (2,270 km²) of territory.^[3] In Ward County the district serves Berthold, Makoti, much of Carpio, and a section of Ryder.^[6] Within Mountrail County it serves Plaza.^[7]

It also serves sections of McLean County and Renville County.^[8][9]