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Mandan, North Dakota - 11 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Mandan 1 #84 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,128 per pupil, Mandan 1 ranks #150 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,344
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$13,128
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mandan 1 operates 11 public schools serving 4,344 students, placing it among the smaller districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 3 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Morton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,128 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 31.5% local, 49.7% state, and 18.8% 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 31/100, ranked #84 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 312.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 42.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.1% White, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Custer Elementary School, with a diversity index of 60.1/100.
Its largest campus is Mandan High School, enrolling 1,175 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mandan K-8 Elementary Virtual Academy, at 14 students, a 84x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mandan High School accounts for 27.0% of all Mandan 1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mandan 1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Mandan 1 school enrollment varies 84× across entities
Mandan 1 school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 1,175 students (highest), a spread of 1,161 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mandan 1 student-counselor ratio is 313:1 — 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 Mandan 1 is typically wider than the Mandan 1-aggregate figure suggests.
Mandan 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 42.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.