Enrollment
36
North Dakota · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Golva, ND
Golva Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Golva Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 39/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 381161000379
👥 S:T ratio 52
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 28
📋 Attendance 45
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Golva Elementary School earns 39/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the North Dakota median.
- 39
- Resource Index · Typical
- 12:1
- students per teacher
- 28.6%
- free-lunch eligible
- 36
- students enrolled
Golva Elementary School has class sizes near the North Dakota median. Computed live against every North Dakota school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Lone Tree 6 · North Dakota
NCES ID 381161000379 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
12:1
vs 11.8:1 North Dakota avg
+2% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
28.6%
vs 28.2% North Dakota avg
+1% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Golva Elementary School compares with North Dakota and U.S. medians
What stands out at Golva Elementary School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Golva Elementary 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.
The composite reveals a resource-side weakness
Golva Elementary School's free-meal eligibility sits closer to the broad North Dakota middle than to an extreme, but its Resource Investment Index falls near the lower end of scored schools. That makes the composite itself the notable signal rather than student need. Inspecting the underlying factors matters here: a low score can result from thin counselor coverage, limited gifted access, attendance pressure, or heavier classroom staffing, and those are different operational problems.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Golva Elementary 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.
Golva Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Golva, North Dakota, enrolling 36 students.
At 12:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the North Dakota median, within a few percentage points of the 11.8:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 28.6% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 36 puts it in the smaller third of North Dakota schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 498 scored North Dakota schools.
Among 23 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need North Dakota schools statewide, it ranks #23, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (89% of enrollment) (diversity index 21/100).
Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 360 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.2% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
The surrounding Lone Tree 6 spends $24,892 per pupil, 35% above the North Dakota average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 28.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Lone Tree 6 operates only this one school, so Golva Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
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 Golva Elementary School compares
Golva Elementary 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 | 12:1 | ▲ 2% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 28.6% | ▲ 1% | 28.2% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 36 | top 89% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
12:1
Leaner classes than 75% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
36
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
28.6%
free-lunch eligible
- 1% above the North Dakota average of 28.2%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
12:1
students per teacher
- 2% above state mean
Top 58% in North Dakota - lower ratio than 42% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
22.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$24,892
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
Counselors0.1 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
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
White 88.9%
African American 5.6%
Asian 2.8%
Two or More 2.8%
Largest group: White at 88.9% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 20.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 20.5, Golva Elementary School is less mixed than the North Dakota school average of 29.7.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Lone Tree 6, which includes Golva Elementary School.
$24,892
Per student
+35%
vs North Dakota
Avg $18,450
+50%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 36.9%
State 35.0%
Federal 28.1%
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.
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 (~36 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~12:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Golva Elementary School
How many students attend Golva Elementary School?
Golva Elementary School has 36 students enrolled. It is a public school in Golva, ND.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Golva Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Golva Elementary School is 12:1, which is 2% higher than the North Dakota average of 11.8:1 and 24% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Golva Elementary School?
28.6% of students at Golva Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the North Dakota average of 28.2%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Golva Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Golva Elementary School is White at 88.9% of enrollment, in Golva, ND.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Golva Elementary School?
Golva Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 39/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Lone Tree 6?
None reported; Lone Tree 6 operates only Golva Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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