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Gwinner, North Dakota - 2 schools
At $17,611 per pupil, North Sargent 3 ranks #74 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
186
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,611
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Sargent 3 operates 2 public schools serving 186 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 Sargent County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,611 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 23.9% local, 62.2% state, and 13.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 97.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% White, 7.6% African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
North Sargent Elementary School accounts for 67.2% of all North Sargent 3 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of North Sargent 3 a distant remainder — means North Sargent 3-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.
North Sargent 3 student-counselor ratio is 98:1 — 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.
North Sargent 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within North Sargent 3 is typically wider than the North Sargent 3-aggregate figure suggests.
North Sargent 3 has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 186 students.
How much does North Sargent 3 spend per student?
North Sargent 3 spends $17,611 per student.
What is the demographic composition of North Sargent 3?
North Sargent 3 students are 85.0% White, 7.6% African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.