North Dakota · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in North Dakota

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in North Dakota, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

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The 100 North Dakota schools listed here average 40.2% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 18 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

40.2%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 96.5%
highest rate (Fargo 9-12 Virtual Academy): 18
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Fargo 9-12 Virtual Academy Fargo	113	Critical	96.5%
2	Warwick Middle School Warwick	52	Critical	92.3%
3	Dunseith High School Dunseith	278	Critical	79.5%
4	Turtle Mountain Community High School Belcourt	557	Critical	73.2%
5	Minnewaukan High School Minnewaukan	71	Critical	73.2%
6	White Shield Elementary School White Shield	117	Critical	66.7%
7	Mary Stark Elementary School Mandan	193	Critical	65.8%
8	Mandaree Elementary School Mandaree	136	Critical	61.0%
9	Beach High School Beach	111	Critical	59.5%
10	Warwick Elementary School Warwick	99	Critical	58.6%
11	Solen High School Solen	99	Critical	57.6%
12	Parshall High School Parshall	139	Critical	56.1%
13	Berthold High School Berthold	98	Critical	56.1%
14	Parshall Elementary School Parshall	141	Critical	56.0%
15	Cannon Ball Elementary School Cannon Ball	115	Critical	52.2%
16	Minnewaukan Elementary School Minnewaukan	182	Critical	51.6%
17	New Town Middle School New Town	126	Critical	51.6%
18	Turtle Mountain Community Middle School Belcourt	318	Critical	50.6%
19	Central High School Grand Forks	1,115	High	49.9%
20	Jefferson Elementary School Fargo	270	High	47.8%
21	Max High School Max	63	High	47.6%
22	Jim Hill Middle School Minot	505	High	46.7%
23	Williston Middle School Williston	485	High	46.2%
24	Divide County High School Crosby	161	High	44.7%
25	Custer Elementary School Mandan	126	High	44.4%
26	Lincoln Elementary School Fargo	330	High	43.9%
27	North Shore Plaza High School Plaza	78	High	43.6%
28	Garden Valley Elementary School Williston	178	High	42.1%
29	Carl Ben Eielson Middle School Fargo	677	High	41.9%
30	Ed Clapp Elementary School Fargo	444	High	41.2%
31	Horace Mann Roosevelt Elementary School Fargo	344	High	40.4%
32	Dunseith Elementary School Dunseith	236	High	40.3%
33	Twin Buttes Elementary School Halliday	55	High	40.0%
34	Lewis and Clark Elementary School Mandan	379	High	39.8%
35	North Shore Plaza Elementary School Plaza	136	High	39.7%
36	West Fargo Sheyenne High School West Fargo	1,400	High	39.6%
37	Jeannette Myhre Elementary School Bismarck	258	High	39.1%
38	South High School Fargo	898	High	38.9%
39	Turtle Mountain Community Elementary School Belcourt	605	High	38.7%
40	Mandan Middle School Mandan	1,003	High	38.0%
41	North Border-Walhalla High School Walhalla	59	High	37.3%
42	Roosevelt Elementary School Mandan	284	High	37.0%
43	White Shield High School White Shield	57	High	36.8%
44	Williston High School Williston	1,370	High	36.7%
45	Ben Franklin Middle School Fargo	873	High	36.7%
46	Grafton Junior High School Grafton	137	High	36.5%
47	Saint John High School Saint John	137	High	36.5%
48	North High School Fargo	1,110	High	36.0%
49	Ft Lincoln Elementary School Mandan	455	High	36.0%
50	Drayton High School Drayton	62	High	35.5%
51	Hankinson High School Hankinson	108	High	35.2%
52	Mott-Regent High School Mott	89	High	34.8%
53	Prairie View Elementary School Devils Lake	262	High	34.4%
54	Mandaree High School Mandaree	67	High	34.3%
55	Fargo Davies High School Fargo	1,277	High	34.2%
56	Wilkinson Elementary School Williston	301	High	34.2%
57	Mandan High School Mandan	1,175	High	34.1%
58	Valley Middle School Grand Forks	508	High	34.1%
59	Lewis and Clark Elementary School Minot	418	High	34.0%
60	Mcvay Elementary School Williston	449	High	33.9%
61	Bakken Elementary School Williston	627	High	33.7%
62	New England High School New England	122	High	33.6%
63	Wahpeton High School Wahpeton	364	High	33.5%
64	Hazen High School Hazen	167	High	33.5%
65	Stanley High School Stanley	320	High	33.4%
66	Sunnyside Elementary School Minot	307	High	33.2%
67	Mt Pleasant Elementary School Rolla	112	High	33.0%
68	Will-Moore Elementary School Bismarck	232	High	32.8%
69	Larimore High School Larimore	204	High	32.8%
70	P S Berg Elementary School Dickinson	223	High	32.3%
71	Eagles Elementary School Fargo	292	High	32.2%
72	Minnie H Kindergarten Center Devils Lake	167	High	31.7%
73	South Prairie High School Minot	155	High	31.6%
74	Fairmount Elementary School Fairmount	54	High	31.5%
75	Midway High School Inkster	54	High	31.5%
76	Asb Innovation Academy Williston	265	High	31.3%
77	Tioga High School Tioga	220	High	30.9%
78	Erik Ramstad Middle School Minot	584	High	30.7%
79	Beulah High School Beulah	209	High	30.6%
80	Lakota High School Lakota	76	High	30.3%
81	Missouri Ridge Middle School Williston	397	High	30.0%
82	Devils Lake High School Devils Lake	552	Moderate	29.9%
83	Saint John Elementary School Saint John	321	Moderate	29.6%
84	Mckinley Elementary School Minot	81	Moderate	29.6%
85	Dickinson High School Dickinson	1,022	Moderate	29.5%
86	Discovery Middle School Fargo	992	Moderate	29.4%
87	May-Port Cg High School Mayville	143	Moderate	29.4%
88	Washington Elementary School Minot	336	Moderate	29.2%
89	New Rockford-Sheyenne High School New Rockford	161	Moderate	29.2%
90	Bismarck High School Bismarck	1,367	Moderate	28.9%
91	Richardton-Taylor High School Richardton	139	Moderate	28.8%
92	Red River High School Grand Forks	1,190	Moderate	28.7%
93	Madison Elementary School Fargo	134	Moderate	28.4%
94	Barnes County North High School Wimbledon	74	Moderate	28.4%
95	Badlands Elementary School Watford City	538	Moderate	28.1%
96	Kenmare Elementary School Kenmare	129	Moderate	27.9%
97	Grafton High School Grafton	284	Moderate	27.8%
98	Washington Elementary School Jamestown	97	Moderate	27.8%
99	Edgeley High School Edgeley	90	Moderate	27.8%
100	Watford City High School Watford City	566	Moderate	27.7%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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