North Dakota K–6 academic standards
- Standards
- 1,687
- Subjects
- 12
- Source documents
- 12
- Sources last checked
- August 2, 2026
Core academics
English language arts
213 standardsNorth Dakota English Language Arts Content Standards · adopted 2023
Mathematics
212 standardsNorth Dakota Mathematics K-12 Standards · adopted 2023
Science
133 standardsNorth Dakota Science Content Standards · adopted 2019
Social studies
153 standardsNorth Dakota Social Studies Content Standards · adopted 2019
The arts
Visual art
77 standardsNorth Dakota Visual Arts Content Standards · adopted 2019
Music
170 standardsNorth Dakota Music Content Standards · adopted 2019
Dance
147 standardsNorth Dakota Dance Content Standards · adopted 2019
Theatre
118 standardsNorth Dakota Theatre Arts Content Standards · adopted 2019
Media arts
90 standardsNorth Dakota Media Arts Content Standards · adopted 2019
Specials
Health
89 standardsNorth Dakota Health Content Standards · adopted 2026
Physical education
107 standardsNorth Dakota Physical Education Content Standards · adopted 2024
Technology
178 standardsNorth Dakota Computer Science and Cybersecurity Content Standards · adopted 2025
Social-emotional learning
None publishedNorth Dakota has not adopted SEL content standards.
Sources
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction — content standards published at nd.gov/dpi and as machine-readable CASE packages at case.nd.gov
Standard text here is reproduced from those documents. We do not rewrite, renumber or reword a standard. Where a source is ambiguous or has been revised since we read it, the state’s document is the authority.