Turtle Mountain Community Middle School
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Belcourt, North Dakota
Turtle Mountain Community Middle School in Belcourt, North Dakota enrolled 318 students in 2024-25 with 66.0 full-time teachers, 4.8 students per teacher against the North Dakota middle-school median of 12.4. 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, 33% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 21% proficient in math in 2022-23 (North Dakota: 43.8% and 38.9%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 100%
335 students in 2022-23, 326 students in 2023-24, 318 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 33.0 to 66.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 335 | 33.0 | 10.2 |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 33.0 | 9.9 |
| 2024-25 | 318 | 66.0 | 4.8 |
4.8 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 100 of every 100 North Dakota middle schools
Among the 36 North Dakota middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.4; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. 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).
One counselor per 348 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Turtle Mountain Community Middle School enrolled 348 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 55 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 348 of the 348 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions55
- Chronically absent40.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
99.4% of students were American Indian, 0.3% Hispanic, 0.3% Black in 2024-25.
- American Indian99.4%
- Hispanic0.3%
- Black0.3%
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 Middle School scored proficient or above: 33% in reading in 2021-22 and 21% 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 | 33% | 26% | 43.8% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 21% | 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.
What to look at next about Turtle Mountain Community Middle School
- 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 Middle School is the number 21 by size of 38 North Dakota middle schools open in 2024-25.#21 of 38
- North Dakota schools by students per teacher4.8 students per teacher here against the North Dakota median of 12.4 for middle schools.4.8:1
- 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 Middle School
How many students attend Turtle Mountain Community Middle School?
318 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 335 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Belcourt, ND.What is the student-teacher ratio at Turtle Mountain Community Middle School?
4.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Dakota median for middle schools is 12.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Turtle Mountain Community Middle School a Title I school?
Turtle Mountain Community Middle 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 Middle School do on state tests?
The students tested at Turtle Mountain Community Middle School scored proficient or above: 33% in reading in 2021-22 and 21% 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 district is Turtle Mountain Community Middle School in?
Belcourt School District #7, NCES district ID 3802530. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 380253000751 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
- 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.