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Tower City, North Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Maple Valley 4 #34 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,592 per pupil, Maple Valley 4 ranks #90 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$16,592
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Maple Valley 4 operates 3 public schools serving 238 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Cass County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,592 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 52.2% local, 41.9% state, and 5.9% 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 56/100, ranked #34 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 127:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 9.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maple Valley High School, with a diversity index of 19.1/100.
Its largest campus is Maple Valley Elementary School, enrolling 122 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wheatland Colony School, at 10 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Maple Valley Elementary School accounts for 49.2% of all Maple Valley 4 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Maple Valley 4 a distant remainder — means Maple Valley 4-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.
Maple Valley 4 school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Maple Valley 4 school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 122 students (highest), a spread of 112 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Maple Valley 4 student-counselor ratio is 127:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Maple Valley 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.3% — 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.
Maple Valley 4 has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 238 students.
How much does Maple Valley 4 spend per student?
Maple Valley 4 spends $16,592 per student. The district has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #34 in North Dakota.
What is the demographic composition of Maple Valley 4?
Maple Valley 4 students are 93.8% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Maple Valley 4?
Maple Valley 4 has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #34 out of 101 districts in North Dakota.