School Funding Equity in North Dakota 101 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology .
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Highly Equitable (70+)
# District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 DUNSEITH 1 548 $28,008 100.0% 7.0% 95 2 ST JOHN 3 447 $23,945 100.0% 5.0% 90 3 SOLEN 3 214 $20,608 100.0% 7.2% 90 4 NEW TOWN 1 994 $31,785 39.6% 12.8% 89 5 WARWICK 29 223 $33,959 100.0% 4.1% 89 6 VALLEY-EDINBURG 118 207 $23,409 29.0% 28.1% 89 7 MIDWAY 128 200 $23,218 34.5% 29.1% 88 8 MILNOR 2 210 $20,357 48.0% 28.1% 87 9 BELCOURT 7 1,588 $24,370 100.0% 1.1% 83 10 MINTO 20 308 $17,872 38.9% 22.1% 78 11 NORTH BORDER 100 325 $20,904 17.7% 33.7% 77 12 ENDERLIN AREA 24 309 $20,248 25.2% 31.3% 77 13 BEACH 3 275 $22,279 35.3% 36.2% 75 14 FT TOTTEN 30 200 $23,267 100.0% 2.5% 75 15 DAKOTA PRAIRIE 1 295 $20,854 20.8% 35.6% 73 16 MINNEWAUKAN 5 297 $19,471 86.3% 12.9% 71 17 LAMOURE 8 260 $18,743 44.1% 36.1% 71 18 LINTON 36 242 $20,054 17.3% 35.0% 70 19 PARSHALL 3 286 $20,503 44.9% 38.7% 69 20 MT PLEASANT 4 256 $19,331 30.2% 33.3% 68 21 HETTINGER 13 294 $24,794 20.8% 46.5% 67 22 HANKINSON 8 237 $20,838 12.7% 32.3% 67 23 DIVIDE COUNTY 1 383 $22,178 17.4% 69.7% 66 24 TGU 60 340 $19,893 24.9% 40.7% 65 25 KENMARE 28 302 $20,464 20.8% 40.3% 65 26 KILLDEER 16 646 $54,494 17.2% 63.6% 63 27 NEW ENGLAND 9 292 $25,357 32.5% 38.5% 63 28 GLENBURN 26 254 $18,664 31.9% 37.7% 62 29 WILTON 1 278 $19,297 12.3% 33.7% 61 30 GRIGGS COUNTY CENTRAL 18 266 $19,117 29.4% 35.3% 60 31 FARGO 1 11,431 $18,379 36.6% 36.1% 59 32 GRAFTON 18 949 $15,353 37.0% 20.9% 59 33 POWERS LAKE 27 239 $21,401 11.2% 45.9% 59 34 GRAND FORKS 1 7,604 $16,806 27.6% 27.3% 58 35 ALEXANDER 2 321 $23,117 24.6% 80.5% 57 36 CENTER-STANTON 1 248 $18,066 31.1% 35.7% 57 37 MOTT-REGENT 1 233 $18,370 27.5% 50.5% 57 38 MAPLE VALLEY 4 238 $19,059 17.4% 52.2% 56 39 BOTTINEAU 1 660 $18,236 24.9% 36.6% 55 40 WISHEK 19 234 $19,858 24.8% 30.3% 55 41 THOMPSON 61 656 $20,185 1.4% 24.2% 54 42 NAPOLEON 2 246 $18,004 20.7% 24.7% 53 43 MEDINA 3 211 $17,100 22.3% 28.7% 53 44 MANDAN 1 4,344 $19,029 32.5% 31.5% 52 45 LEWIS AND CLARK 161 401 $20,324 12.6% 55.3% 52 46 GARRISON 51 388 $19,692 14.1% 38.9% 52 47 RICHARDTON-TAYLOR 34 315 $18,290 20.8% 46.6% 51 48 UNDERWOOD 8 224 $17,813 21.4% 39.4% 51 49 BISMARCK 1 13,976 $17,656 27.0% 28.0% 49 50 MCKENZIE CO 1 2,004 $26,594 29.3% 69.6% 49 51 HARVEY 38 394 $17,566 21.3% 34.5% 49 52 FLASHER 39 271 $17,091 21.0% 30.5% 49 53 WEST FARGO 6 12,680 $17,878 23.3% 35.6% 48 54 JAMESTOWN 1 2,167 $15,817 28.0% 24.4% 48 55 MINOT 1 7,715 $16,899 25.4% 29.3% 46 56 NORTHERN CASS 97 690 $18,664 4.9% 34.1% 45 57 MOHALL-LANSFORD-SHERWOOD 1 317 $18,914 13.9% 39.4% 45 58 WAHPETON 37 1,201 $17,098 25.6% 28.3% 44 59 KIDDER COUNTY 1 403 $15,819 18.1% 31.4% 44 60 WASHBURN 4 335 $15,913 5.7% 34.5% 44 61 NORTH STAR 10 299 $15,718 22.2% 31.8% 44 62 BARNES COUNTY NORTH 7 249 $18,182 23.8% 51.6% 44 63 RUGBY 5 607 $17,943 16.6% 36.8% 43 64 HILLSBORO 9 508 $14,816 14.4% 29.8% 42 65 RICHLAND 44 286 $17,695 10.2% 33.0% 42 66 WYNDMERE 42 266 $16,682 10.3% 30.5% 42 67 LISBON 19 628 $15,612 16.2% 26.6% 41 68 SURREY 41 423 $13,467 8.0% 21.9% 41 69 BELFIELD 13 267 $17,588 22.1% 41.7% 40 70 TIOGA 15 523 $19,875 9.9% 57.3% 39 71 EIGHT MILE 6 325 $17,679 36.4% 39.4% 39 72 DEVILS LAKE 1 1,737 $15,613 32.7% 29.6% 38 73 VELVA 1 441 $17,503 17.5% 38.0% 38 74 LARIMORE 44 390 $16,035 18.6% 34.1% 38 75 NEW SALEM-ALMONT 49 365 $16,740 13.3% 46.3% 37 76 BEULAH 27 761 $18,116 15.1% 39.1% 36 77 CAVALIER 6 412 $15,502 17.3% 30.0% 36 78 PARK RIVER AREA 8 485 $15,061 19.3% 28.7% 34 79 NESSON 2 427 $19,728 11.7% 65.4% 34 80 NEW ROCKFORD-SHEYENNE 2 334 $15,309 18.9% 30.7% 34 81 EDGELEY 3 260 $16,293 40.4% 38.6% 34 82 MAY-PORT CG 14 508 $14,877 12.3% 35.0% 33 83 LANGDON AREA 23 415 $15,918 15.6% 55.5% 33 84 NEDROSE 4 601 $14,297 24.5% 32.9% 32 85 NORTHWOOD 129 334 $16,500 15.6% 36.4% 31 86 MAPLETON 7 216 $15,712 6.5% 42.2% 31 87 KINDRED 2 916 $16,617 5.0% 40.2% 28 88 OAKES 41 491 $15,292 13.8% 32.5% 28 89 ELLENDALE 40 339 $17,282 17.6% 43.1% 28 90 CENTRAL VALLEY 3 211 $15,572 16.2% 36.7% 28 91 DICKINSON 1 3,954 $16,043 22.5% 35.7% 27 92 VALLEY CITY 2 1,036 $14,990 27.3% 31.7% 27 93 UNITED 7 704 $14,742 10.2% 29.0% 26 94 SOUTH PRAIRIE 70 533 $15,098 15.8% 34.3% 26 95 HAZEN 3 570 $14,341 11.1% 32.0% 22 96 SOUTH HEART 9 406 $14,769 7.5% 46.5% 20 97 STANLEY 2 755 $16,377 17.4% 59.6% 19 98 CENTRAL CASS 17 1,036 $15,077 8.8% 34.6% 18 99 BOWMAN CO 1 498 $16,338 15.5% 46.3% 18 100 WILLISTON BASIN 7 5,294 $15,028 18.1% 43.8% 16 101 CARRINGTON 49 613 $15,122 12.7% 48.7% 13
How the Equity Score Works The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:
Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)
Higher spending relative to peers
Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)
Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest
Funding Diversity (0-25)
Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support
Resource Access (0-25)
Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.