Enrollment
10
North Dakota · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Fort Yates, ND
Fort Yates Pk School
Federal NCES profile for Fort Yates Pk School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 63/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 380720000898
👥 S:T ratio 60
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 98
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Fort Yates Pk School earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the North Dakota median. It is also one of the smallest schools in North Dakota.
- 63
- Resource Index · Higher
- 10:1
- students per teacher
- 10
- students enrolled
Fort Yates Pk School has class sizes near the North Dakota median. Computed live against every North Dakota school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Ft Yates 4 · North Dakota
NCES ID 380720000898 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
1.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10:1
vs 11.8:1 North Dakota avg
-15% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Fort Yates Pk School compares with North Dakota and U.S. medians
What stands out at Fort Yates Pk School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Fort Yates Pk School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among North Dakota schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Fort Yates Pk School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Fort Yates Pk School is a small combined-grade school in Fort Yates, North Dakota, enrolling 10 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10:1 puts it in the smaller third of North Dakota schools by student-teacher ratio.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of North Dakota schools, with 10 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 90% of the 498 North Dakota schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly American Indian / Alaska Native (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 10 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
The surrounding Ft Yates 4 spends $46,295 per pupil, 151% above the North Dakota average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 52.8% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Its district, Ft Yates 4, also runs Fort Yates Middle School (46 students).
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Fort Yates Pk School compares
Fort Yates Pk School on the metrics families compare, against North Dakota and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs North Dakota | North Dakota avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10:1 | ▼ 15% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 10 | top 98% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10:1
Leaner classes than 89% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
10
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
10:1
students per teacher
- 15% below state mean
Top 36% in North Dakota - lower ratio than 64% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$46,295
per pupil, district-wide
- above North Dakota avg of $18,450
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 10 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
American Indian / Alaska Native 100.0%
Largest group: American Indian / Alaska Native at 100.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 0.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Fort Yates Pk School is less mixed than the North Dakota school average of 29.7.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Ft Yates 4, which includes Fort Yates Pk School.
$46,295
Per student
+151%
vs North Dakota
Avg $18,450
+179%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 3.6%
State 43.6%
Federal 52.8%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
How Fort Yates Pk School Compares to District-Mates
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Yates Middle School | Larger | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Fort Yates Pk School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
Other Schools in This District
- Enrollment
- 46
- Students per teacher
- 6.6:1
- Resource Index
- 49/100
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of North Dakota, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~10 students)
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Frequently asked questions about Fort Yates Pk School
How many students attend Fort Yates Pk School?
Fort Yates Pk School has 10 students enrolled. It is a public school in Fort Yates, ND.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Yates Pk School?
The student-teacher ratio at Fort Yates Pk School is 10:1, which is 15% lower than the North Dakota average of 11.8:1 and 36% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Fort Yates Pk School?
The largest demographic group at Fort Yates Pk School is American Indian / Alaska Native at 100.0% of enrollment, in Fort Yates, ND.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Fort Yates Pk School?
Fort Yates Pk School has a Resource Investment Index of 63/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Ft Yates 4?
Besides Fort Yates Pk School, Ft Yates 4 also operates Fort Yates Middle School (46 students). See the Ft Yates 4 district page for the complete list.
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