Turtle Mountain Community High School
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Belcourt, North Dakota
Turtle Mountain Community High School in Belcourt, North Dakota enrolled 557 students in 2024-25 with 52.0 full-time teachers, 10.7 students per teacher against the North Dakota high-school median of 10.1. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 10-14% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% proficient in math in 2022-23 (North Dakota: 43.8% and 38.9%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 70-74% (North Dakota: 83.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 7%
560 students in 2022-23, 553 students in 2023-24, 557 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 56.0 to 52.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 560 | 56.0 | 10.0 |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 57.0 | 9.7 |
| 2024-25 | 557 | 52.0 | 10.7 |
10.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 56 of every 100 North Dakota high schools
Among the 165 North Dakota high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 10.1; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
2 AP courses and one counselor per 177 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Turtle Mountain Community High School enrolled 531 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 49 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses2
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 177 of the 531 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions49
- Chronically absent72.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
97.5% of students were American Indian, 1.4% White, 0.7% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- American Indian97.5%
- White1.4%
- Two or more races0.7%
- Hispanic0.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Turtle Mountain Community High School scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% in math in 2022-23, against 43.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.9% in math in 2022-23 across North Dakota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within North Dakota, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | North Dakota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 10‑14% | 26% | 43.8% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 10‑14% | 12% (2021-22) | 38.9% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
70-74% of the 152 students in Turtle Mountain Community High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.2% across North Dakota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | North Dakota | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 70‑74% | 70‑74% | 83.2% |
| Students in the class | 152 | 152 | 8,249 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
What to look at next about Turtle Mountain Community High School
- Mt Pleasant High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 5.8 miles away: 132 students, 10.2 per teacher (2024-25).5.8 mi
- Saint John High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 6.6 miles away: 137 students, 10.9 per teacher (2024-25).6.6 mi
- Compare Turtle Mountain Community High School with Mt Pleasant High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Belcourt School District #7 spends per student$22,582 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$22,582
- The largest public schools in North DakotaTurtle Mountain Community High School is the number 18 by size of 171 North Dakota high schools open in 2024-25.#18 of 171
- North Dakota schools by students per teacher10.7 students per teacher here against the North Dakota median of 10.1 for high schools.10.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Turtle Mountain Community High School
How many students attend Turtle Mountain Community High School?
557 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 560 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Belcourt, ND.What is the student-teacher ratio at Turtle Mountain Community High School?
10.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Dakota median for high schools is 10.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Turtle Mountain Community High School a Title I school?
Turtle Mountain Community High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Turtle Mountain Community High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Turtle Mountain Community High School scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% in math in 2022-23, against 43.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.9% in math in 2022-23 across North Dakota. North Dakota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Turtle Mountain Community High School?
70-74% of the 152 students in Turtle Mountain Community High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.2% across North Dakota. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Turtle Mountain Community High School in?
Belcourt School District #7, NCES district ID 3802530. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 380253000752 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.