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Garrison, North Dakota - 2 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Garrison 51 #46 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,000 per pupil, Garrison 51 ranks #81 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$17,000
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Garrison 51 operates 2 public schools serving 388 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 Mclean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,000 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 38.9% local, 40.6% state, and 20.5% 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 51/100, ranked #46 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.
a 310.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 6.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.8% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bob Callies Elementary School, enrolling 225 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Bob Callies Elementary School accounts for 56.8% of all Garrison 51 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Garrison 51 a distant remainder — means Garrison 51-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.
Garrison 51 student-counselor ratio is 311:1 — 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 Garrison 51 is typically wider than the Garrison 51-aggregate figure suggests.
Garrison 51 chronic absenteeism rate is 6.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.