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Edgeley, North Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Edgeley 3 #67 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,063 per pupil, Edgeley 3 ranks #118 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
260
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,063
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Edgeley 3 operates 3 public schools serving 260 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Lamoure County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,063 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 38.6% local, 50.9% state, and 10.5% 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 41/100, ranked #67 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 85:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.3% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Edgeley Elementary School, with a diversity index of 5.7/100.
Its largest campus is Edgeley Elementary School, enrolling 138 students (54% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Willow Bank Colony School, at 27 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Edgeley Elementary School accounts for 53.1% of all Edgeley 3 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Edgeley 3 a distant remainder — means Edgeley 3-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.
Edgeley 3 school enrollment varies 5.1× across entities
Edgeley 3 school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 138 students (highest), a spread of 111 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Edgeley 3 student-counselor ratio is 85:1 — 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.
Edgeley 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.8% — 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 Edgeley 3 is typically wider than the Edgeley 3-aggregate figure suggests.