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Bowman, North Dakota - 4 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Bowman Co 1 #87 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,330 per pupil, Bowman Co 1 ranks #111 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
498
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,330
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bowman Co 1 operates 4 public schools serving 498 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 elementary 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 Bowman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,330 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 46.3% local, 45.5% state, and 8.2% 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 30/100, ranked #87 of 101 in North Dakota against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 98.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bowman Co Preschool, with a diversity index of 35.5/100.
Its largest campus is Bowman Co High School, enrolling 231 students (45% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rhame Elementary School, at 13 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bowman Co High School accounts for 45.5% of all Bowman Co 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bowman Co 1 a distant remainder — means Bowman Co 1-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.
Bowman Co 1 school enrollment varies 18× across entities
Bowman Co 1 school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 231 students (highest), a spread of 218 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.
Bowman Co 1 student-counselor ratio is 98:1 — 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.
Bowman Co 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.5% — 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 Bowman Co 1 is typically wider than the Bowman Co 1-aggregate figure suggests.