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Killdeer, North Dakota - 2 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Killdeer 16 #70 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,388 per pupil, Killdeer 16 ranks #109 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Killdeer 16 operates 2 public schools serving 646 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 Dunn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,388 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 63.6% local, 22.3% state, and 14.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #70 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 237.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.8% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Killdeer Elementary School, enrolling 344 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Killdeer Elementary School accounts for 53.3% of all Killdeer 16 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Killdeer 16 a distant remainder — means Killdeer 16-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.
Killdeer 16 student-counselor ratio is 238:1 — 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.
Killdeer 16 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.9% — 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 Killdeer 16 is typically wider than the Killdeer 16-aggregate figure suggests.