Enrollment
50
North Dakota · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Menoken, ND
Menoken Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Menoken Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 52/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 381272000420
👥 S:T ratio 50
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 75
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Menoken Elementary School earns 52/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the North Dakota median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most North Dakota schools.
- 52
- Resource Index · Higher
- 12.5:1
- students per teacher
- 13.8%
- free-lunch eligible
- 50
- students enrolled
Menoken Elementary School has class sizes near the North Dakota median. Computed live against every North Dakota school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Menoken 33 · North Dakota
NCES ID 381272000420 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
12.5:1
vs 11.8:1 North Dakota avg
+6% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
13.8%
vs 28.2% North Dakota avg
-51% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Menoken Elementary School compares with North Dakota and U.S. medians
What stands out at Menoken Elementary School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Menoken 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.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Menoken Elementary School falls within the wide middle of the North Dakota distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Student support operates inside a leaner district budget
Menoken Elementary School's district reports $12,109 in per-pupil expenditure, at least 15% below the North Dakota average of $18,450. That district-wide constraint gives the campus-level support fields added meaning: counselor loads, specialist staffing, and program access are being reported within a comparatively lean spending environment. F-33 does not publish this school's own budget, so the comparison describes district context rather than dollars assigned to this building.
Menoken Elementary School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized elementary school in Menoken, North Dakota, enrolling 50 students.
Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 12.5:1 puts it in the larger third of North Dakota schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 13.8% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 50 puts it in the smaller third of North Dakota schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 498 scored North Dakota schools.
Among 41 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need North Dakota schools statewide, it ranks #31, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (98% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 4/100).
10.0% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Menoken 33 spends $12,109 per pupil, 34% below the North Dakota average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Menoken 33 operates only this one school, so Menoken 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 Menoken Elementary School compares
Menoken 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 | 12.5:1 | ▲ 6% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 13.8% | ▼ 51% | 28.2% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 50 | top 84% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
12.5:1
Leaner classes than 71% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
50
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
13.8%
free-lunch eligible
- 51% below 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
12.5:1
students per teacher
- 6% above state mean
Top 62% in North Dakota - lower ratio than 38% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
10.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$12,109
per pupil, district-wide
- below North Dakota avg of $18,450
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 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 98.0%
African American 2.0%
Largest group: White at 98.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 3.9/100
Simpson diversity index - at 3.9, Menoken Elementary School is less mixed than the North Dakota school average of 29.7.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Menoken 33, which includes Menoken Elementary School.
$12,109
Per student
-34%
vs North Dakota
Avg $18,450
-27%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 24.2%
State 64.7%
Federal 11.1%
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 elementary 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 (~50 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Menoken Elementary School
How many students attend Menoken Elementary School?
Menoken Elementary School has 50 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Menoken, ND.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Menoken Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Menoken Elementary School is 12.5:1, which is 6% higher than the North Dakota average of 11.8:1 and 20% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Menoken Elementary School?
13.8% of students at Menoken Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the North Dakota average of 28.2%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Menoken Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Menoken Elementary School is White at 98.0% of enrollment, in Menoken, ND.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Menoken Elementary School?
Menoken Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 52/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Menoken 33?
None reported; Menoken 33 operates only Menoken Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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