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Lakota, North Dakota - 2 schools
At $17,897 per pupil, Lakota 66 ranks #70 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
184
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,897
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lakota 66 operates 2 public schools serving 184 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 Nelson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,897 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 32.5% local, 50.4% state, and 17.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 205:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.7% White, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lakota Elementary School, enrolling 129 students (63% of the district's total enrollment).
Lakota Elementary School accounts for 62.9% of all Lakota 66 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lakota 66 a distant remainder — means Lakota 66-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.
Lakota 66 student-counselor ratio is 205:1 — 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.
Lakota 66 chronic absenteeism rate is 22.5% — 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 Lakota 66 is typically wider than the Lakota 66-aggregate figure suggests.