An equity score of 49/100 ranks Bottineau 1 #49 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,094 per pupil, Bottineau 1 ranks #121 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
660
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,094
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bottineau 1 operates 2 public schools serving 660 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Bottineau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,094 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 36.6% local, 45.6% state, and 17.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #49 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 335.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.7% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bottineau Elementary School, enrolling 351 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Bottineau Elementary School accounts for 52.3% of all Bottineau 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bottineau 1 a distant remainder — means Bottineau 1-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.
Bottineau 1 student-counselor ratio is 336:1 — 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 Bottineau 1 is typically wider than the Bottineau 1-aggregate figure suggests.
Bottineau 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.0% — 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 Bottineau 1 is typically wider than the Bottineau 1-aggregate figure suggests.