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Dunseith, North Dakota - 2 schools
An equity score of 97/100 ranks Dunseith 1 #1 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,054 per pupil, Dunseith 1 ranks #29 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
548
Total Enrollment
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$22,054
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dunseith 1 operates 2 public schools serving 548 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 Rolette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,054 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 7.0% local, 55.6% state, and 37.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 97/100, ranked #1 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.
a 257:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 59.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 0.8% Asian, 0.6% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dunseith High School, enrolling 278 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Dunseith High School accounts for 50.7% of all Dunseith 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dunseith 1 a distant remainder — means Dunseith 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.
Dunseith 1 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.
Dunseith 1 student-counselor ratio is 257:1 — 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 Dunseith 1 is typically wider than the Dunseith 1-aggregate figure suggests.
Dunseith 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 59.9% — 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.