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Powers Lake, North Dakota - 2 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Powers Lake 27 #30 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,670 per pupil, Powers Lake 27 ranks #73 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
239
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,670
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Powers Lake 27 operates 2 public schools serving 239 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 Burke County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,670 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 45.9% local, 48.5% state, and 5.6% 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 60/100, ranked #30 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 138.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 13.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Powers Lake Elementary School, enrolling 152 students (69% of the district's total enrollment).
Powers Lake Elementary School accounts for 63.6% of all Powers Lake 27 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Powers Lake 27 a distant remainder — means Powers Lake 27-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.
Powers Lake 27 student-counselor ratio is 138:1 — 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.
Powers Lake 27 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.6% — 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.