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Northwood, North Dakota - 2 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Northwood 129 #82 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,416 per pupil, Northwood 129 ranks #127 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
334
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,416
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwood 129 operates 2 public schools serving 334 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined 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 Grand Forks County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,416 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 36.4% local, 51.6% state, and 11.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 32/100, ranked #82 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 337:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.4% White, 1.1% African American, 0.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Northwood Elementary School, enrolling 177 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Northwood Elementary School accounts for 52.5% of all Northwood 129 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northwood 129 a distant remainder — means Northwood 129-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Northwood 129 student-counselor ratio is 337:1 — 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 Northwood 129 is typically wider than the Northwood 129-aggregate figure suggests.
Northwood 129 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.1% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.