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

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