FT YATES SPECIAL ED UNIT

Located at 9189 1/2 Hwy 24 in Fort Yates, North Dakota, the Ft. Yates Special Ed Unit serves as a vital educational service agency tailored to meet the needs of its rural remote community. Currently open and fully operational for the 2024–2025 school year, the agency operates in a specialized regional capacity rather than as a traditional school district. As such, it does not directly manage individual school buildings or deliver standard instructional grade levels from prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Instead, the entity functions as an administrative and service-oriented framework designed to support specialized learning resources and collaborative programming across the local educational system.

Reflecting its focused infrastructure role, the unit's staffing model is streamlined, featuring a dedicated team of two full-time equivalent support staff members without direct classroom teaching or instructional aide positions assigned to the agency itself. This administrative structure ensures efficiently targeted regional assistance while maintaining close alignment with local schools. Parents, community members, and researchers interested in learning more about the unit's services can contact the main office directly at (701) 854-3819 or visit their official website at www.fort-yates.k12.nd.us.