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Zeeland, North Dakota - 2 schools
At $39,618 per pupil, Zeeland 4 ranks #4 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$39,618
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Zeeland 4 operates 2 public schools serving 29 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 Mcintosh County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $39,618 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 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 36.9% local, 32.5% state, and 30.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 116.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 39.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.2% White, 14.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Zeeland High School, enrolling 14 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Zeeland High School accounts for 48.3% of all Zeeland 4 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Zeeland 4 a distant remainder — means Zeeland 4-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.
Zeeland 4 student-counselor ratio is 117:1 — 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.
Zeeland 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 39.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.