High school (grades 9-12) · Minot, ND

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy

Federal NCES profile for Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 13/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 381303000945
0/100100/10013/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy earns 13/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in North Dakota.

#5 of 5
high schools in Minot · Resource Index
13
Resource Index · Lower
19
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy ranks #5 of 5 high schools in Minot, ND.

School address

Enrollment

19

North Dakota · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy is a small high school in Minot, North Dakota, enrolling 19 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of North Dakota schools, with 19 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 100% of the 498 North Dakota schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is led by White (74%) and Two or More (11%) (diversity index 44/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 84.2% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 15.2% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Minot's high schools, it stands alongside Magic City Campus High School (1,086 students): Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Minot 1 also operates Magic City Campus High School (1,086 students) and Central Campus School (1,085 students) alongside Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy.

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 Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy compares

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy on the metrics families compare, against North Dakota and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs North Dakota North Dakota avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 19 top 95% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

19
Bigger than 3% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Engagement
84.2%
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
$15,116
per pupil, district-wide - below North Dakota avg of $18,450
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints 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.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 73.7%
Two or More 10.5%
African American 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino 5.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 5.3%

Largest group: White at 73.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 43.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 43.7, Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy is more mixed than the North Dakota school average of 29.7.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Minot 1, which includes Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy.

$15,116
Per student
-18%
vs North Dakota
Avg $18,450
-9%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 29.3%
State 55.5%
Federal 15.2%

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 Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Magic City Campus High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Central Campus School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Erik Ramstad Middle School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Jim Hill Middle School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
John Hoeven Elementary School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Minot 1 · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Minot

4 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy

How many students attend Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy?

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy has 19 students enrolled. It is a high school in Minot, ND.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy?

The largest demographic group at Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy is White at 73.7% of enrollment, in Minot, ND.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy?

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy has a Resource Investment Index of 13/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy rank among high schools in Minot?

By Resource Investment Index, Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy ranks #5 of 5 high schools in Minot, ND. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Minot on the city page.

Is Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy a good school?

Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy earns 13/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in North Dakota. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Minot 1?

Besides Minot Public Schools 9-12 Virtual Academy, Minot 1 also operates Magic City Campus High School (1,086 students), Central Campus School (1,085 students), and Erik Ramstad Middle School (584 students). See the Minot 1 district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.