An equity score of 85/100 ranks Minnewaukan 5 #8 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,886 per pupil, Minnewaukan 5 ranks #49 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
297
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$19,886
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Minnewaukan 5 operates 2 public schools serving 297 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Benson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,886 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 12.9% local, 46.0% state, and 41.1% 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 85/100, ranked #8 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 126.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 62.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 6.7% White, 0.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Minnewaukan Elementary School, enrolling 182 students (72% of the district's total enrollment).
Minnewaukan Elementary School accounts for 61.3% of all Minnewaukan 5 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Minnewaukan 5 a distant remainder — means Minnewaukan 5-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Minnewaukan 5 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.
Minnewaukan 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 62.4% — 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.