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Towner, North Dakota - 4 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Tgu 60 #20 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,303 per pupil, Tgu 60 ranks #62 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
340
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,303
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tgu 60 operates 4 public schools serving 340 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 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 Mchenry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,303 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 40.7% local, 48.3% state, and 11.0% 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 67/100, ranked #20 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 238.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 8.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.8% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tgu-Towner Elementary School, with a diversity index of 19.3/100.
Its largest campus is Tgu-Towner Elementary School, enrolling 154 students (44% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tgu-Granville High School, at 39 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tgu-Towner Elementary School accounts for 43.6% of all Tgu 60 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Tgu 60-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.
Tgu 60 school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Tgu 60 school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 154 students (highest), a spread of 115 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.
Tgu 60 student-counselor ratio is 239:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Tgu 60 chronic absenteeism rate is 8.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.