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Belcourt, North Dakota - 4 schools
An equity score of 83/100 ranks Belcourt 7 #9 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,558 per pupil, Belcourt 7 ranks #33 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,588
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$21,558
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Belcourt 7 operates 4 public schools serving 1,588 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Rolette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,558 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 1.1% local, 43.8% state, and 55.2% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 83/100, ranked #9 of 101 in North Dakota against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 268.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 54.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 0.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Turtle Mountain Community High School, with a diversity index of 4.9/100.
Turtle Mountain Community Elementary School accounts for 38.1% of all Belcourt 7 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Belcourt 7-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Belcourt 7 school enrollment varies 16× across entities
Belcourt 7 school enrollment ranges from 38 students (lowest) to 605 students (highest), a spread of 567 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Belcourt 7 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Belcourt 7 student-counselor ratio is 269:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Belcourt 7 is typically wider than the Belcourt 7-aggregate figure suggests.
Belcourt 7 chronic absenteeism rate is 54.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.