NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools ND

Best-Resourced Schools in Mandan, ND

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13 public K-12 schools in Mandan from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
4,214
Students
34/100
Avg Resource Index
16.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mandan has more public-school enrollment than 47% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mandan's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Mandan's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 51-point gap between Marmot School 6-12 and Mandan Virtual High School shows the range hidden by Mandan's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 53%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
39th percentile

Mandan High School accounts for 27.9% of all Mandan public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mandan-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mandan school enrollment varies 84× across entities

Mandan school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 1,175 students (highest), a spread of 1,161 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mandan student-teacher ratio is 16.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Mandan is typically wider than the Mandan-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Marmot School 6-12 61
2. Mandan K-8 Elementary Virtual Academy 56
3. Sweet Briar School 55
4. Custer Elementary School 42
5. Mary Stark Elementary School 38
6. Mandan High School 30
7. Red Trail Elementary School 29
8. Roosevelt Elementary School 29
9. Mandan Middle School 26
10. Lewis and Clark Elementary School 24
11. Brave Center Academy 22
12. Ft Lincoln Elementary School 20
13. Mandan Virtual High School 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mandan

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Custer Elementary School 60.1/100
  2. 2 Mary Stark Elementary School 56.5/100
  3. 3 Brave Center Academy 54.2/100
  4. 4 Marmot School 6-12 48.5/100
  5. 5 Roosevelt Elementary School 48.4/100

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Which Mandan school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Marmot School 6-12 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mandan schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mandan, ND? ▼

Mandan has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,214 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.