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Hazen, North Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Hazen 3 #92 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,059 per pupil, Hazen 3 ranks #152 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
570
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,059
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hazen 3 operates 3 public schools serving 570 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Mercer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,059 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 17 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 32.0% local, 55.6% state, and 12.5% 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 25/100, ranked #92 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 232.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.0% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hazen High School, with a diversity index of 27.0/100.
Its largest campus is Hazen Elementary School, enrolling 272 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
Hazen Elementary School accounts for 46.7% of all Hazen 3 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hazen 3 a distant remainder — means Hazen 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.
Hazen 3 student-counselor ratio is 233:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Hazen 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.7% — 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 Hazen 3 is typically wider than the Hazen 3-aggregate figure suggests.