An equity score of 94/100 ranks Warwick 29 #3 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,520 per pupil, Warwick 29 ranks #21 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
223
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$26,520
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Warwick 29 operates 3 public schools serving 223 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Benson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,520 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 4.1% local, 30.8% state, and 65.1% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 94/100, ranked #3 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 201:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 75.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 1.0% White, 0.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Warwick Middle School, with a diversity index of 7.4/100.
Its largest campus is Warwick Elementary School, enrolling 99 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 7.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (222 to 206 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 0.6 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $8,314,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 41.1% went to instruction, 26.5% to support services, and 24.2% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Warwick Elementary School accounts for 44.4% of all Warwick 29 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Warwick 29-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Warwick 29 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Warwick 29 school enrollment ranges from 48 students (lowest) to 99 students (highest), a spread of 51 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.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Warwick 29 student-counselor ratio is 201:1 — 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.
Warwick 29 chronic absenteeism rate is 75.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.