An equity score of 50/100 ranks Barnes County North 7 #48 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,442 per pupil, Barnes County North 7 ranks #97 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
249
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$16,442
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Barnes County North 7 operates 2 public schools serving 249 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Barnes County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,442 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Dakota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.6% local, 44.0% state, and 4.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #48 of 101 in North Dakota against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 104.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.7% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Barnes County North Elementary School accounts for 64.7% of all Barnes County North 7 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Barnes County North 7 a distant remainder — means Barnes County North 7-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Barnes County North 7 student-counselor ratio is 104:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Barnes County North 7 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Barnes County North 7 is typically wider than the Barnes County North 7-aggregate figure suggests.