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Lisbon, North Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Lisbon 19 #56 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,541 per pupil, Lisbon 19 ranks #138 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
628
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,541
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lisbon 19 operates 3 public schools serving 628 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Ransom County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,541 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 26.6% local, 62.8% state, and 10.6% 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 45/100, ranked #56 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 340:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.3% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lisbon Middle School, with a diversity index of 22.5/100.
Its largest campus is Lisbon Elementary School, enrolling 222 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Lisbon Elementary School accounts for 35.4% of all Lisbon 19 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lisbon 19-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Lisbon 19 student-counselor ratio is 340:1 — 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 Lisbon 19 is typically wider than the Lisbon 19-aggregate figure suggests.
Lisbon 19 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.4% — 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.