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Richardton, North Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Richardton-Taylor 34 #72 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,585 per pupil, Richardton-Taylor 34 ranks #122 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
315
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,585
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Richardton-Taylor 34 operates 3 public schools serving 315 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Stark County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,585 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 46.6% local, 47.9% 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 37/100, ranked #72 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.
a 356.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% White, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Richardton-Taylor High School, with a diversity index of 23.4/100.
Taylor-Richardton Elementary School accounts for 42.1% of all Richardton-Taylor 34 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Richardton-Taylor 34-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.
Richardton-Taylor 34 school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Richardton-Taylor 34 school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 142 students (highest), a spread of 86 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.
Richardton-Taylor 34 student-counselor ratio is 357:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Richardton-Taylor 34 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — 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 Richardton-Taylor 34 is typically wider than the Richardton-Taylor 34-aggregate figure suggests.