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Milnor, North Dakota - 4 schools
An equity score of 90/100 ranks Milnor 2 #6 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,533 per pupil, Milnor 2 ranks #55 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
210
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,533
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Milnor 2 operates 4 public schools serving 210 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Sargent County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,533 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 28.1% local, 57.5% state, and 14.4% 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 90/100, ranked #6 of 101 in North Dakota against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 83:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 8.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.8% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Milnor Elementary School, with a diversity index of 18.5/100.
Its largest campus is Milnor Elementary School, enrolling 89 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sundale Colony High School, at 13 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Milnor Elementary School accounts for 41.6% of all Milnor 2 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Milnor 2-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.
Milnor 2 school enrollment varies 6.8× across entities
Milnor 2 school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 89 students (highest), a spread of 76 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Milnor 2 student-counselor ratio is 83:1 — 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.
Milnor 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 8.4% — 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.