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Surrey, North Dakota - 2 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Surrey 41 #61 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,055 per pupil, Surrey 41 ranks #160 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
423
Total Enrollment
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$12,055
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Surrey 41 operates 2 public schools serving 423 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Ward County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,055 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 17 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 21.9% local, 66.3% 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 43/100, ranked #61 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 109:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.6% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Surrey Elementary School, enrolling 230 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Surrey Elementary School accounts for 52.8% of all Surrey 41 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Surrey 41 a distant remainder — means Surrey 41-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.
Surrey 41 student-counselor ratio is 109:1 — 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.
Surrey 41 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.9% — 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 Surrey 41 is typically wider than the Surrey 41-aggregate figure suggests.