North Dakota · NCES F-33 finance data

School Spending in North Dakota

Schools in North Dakota ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure, limited to schools with 50 or more students.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The spending picture in one line

Oberon Elementary School tops the list: its district, Oberon 16, spends $42,422 per student, against a North Dakota average of $19,475.

$42,422
per-student spend in Oberon 16: $19,475
North Dakota average: $17,658
national average

Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2022-23). Schools in the same district share the same figure.

#	School	District	Students	Per Student
1	Oberon Elementary SchoolOberon · elementary	Oberon 16	52	$42,422
2	Mandaree Elementary SchoolMandaree · other	Mandaree 36	136	$38,659
3	Mandaree High SchoolMandaree · high	Mandaree 36	67	$38,659
4	Burke Central Elementary SchoolLignite · other	Burke Central 36	52	$28,855
5	Demores Elementary SchoolMedora · other	Billings Co 1	55	$28,657
6	Roosevelt Elementary SchoolCarson · other	Roosevelt 18	62	$27,235
7	Grenora Elementary SchoolGrenora · other	Grenora 99	83	$27,152
8	Grenora High SchoolGrenora · other	Grenora 99	83	$27,152
9	Munich Elementary SchoolMunich · other	Munich 19	63	$27,044
10	Sawyer Elementary SchoolSawyer · other	Sawyer 16	74	$26,973
11	Cannon Ball Elementary SchoolCannon Ball · other	Solen 3	115	$26,673
12	Solen High SchoolSolen · other	Solen 3	99	$26,673
13	Warwick Elementary SchoolWarwick · other	Warwick 29	99	$26,520
14	Warwick Middle SchoolWarwick · elementary	Warwick 29	52	$26,520
15	Finley-Sharon Elementary SchoolFinley · elementary	Finley-Sharon 19	66	$25,878
16	Litchville-Marion Elementary SchoolLitchville · other	Litchville-Marion 46	83	$25,817
17	Litchville-Marion High SchoolMarion · other	Litchville-Marion 46	66	$25,817
18	Twin Buttes Elementary SchoolHalliday · other	Twin Buttes 37	55	$25,714
19	Drake High SchoolDrake · other	Drake 57	75	$25,247
20	Bowbells Elementary SchoolBowbells · other	Bowbells 14	50	$24,933
21	Hope Page Elementary SchoolPage · other	Hope-Page 85	97	$24,272
22	Hope Page High SchoolHope · other	Hope-Page 85	65	$24,272
23	Anamoose Elementary SchoolAnamoose · elementary	Anamoose 14	73	$24,183
24	Dunseith High SchoolDunseith · other	Dunseith 1	278	$23,276
25	Dunseith Elementary SchoolDunseith · other	Dunseith 1	236	$23,276
26	Yellowstone Virtual AcademyFairview · elementary	Yellowstone 14	119	$22,598
27	East Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview · elementary	Yellowstone 14	62	$22,598
28	Turtle Mountain Community Elementary SchoolBelcourt · other	Belcourt 7	605	$22,582
29	Turtle Mountain Community High SchoolBelcourt · high	Belcourt 7	557	$22,582
30	Turtle Mountain Community Middle SchoolBelcourt · middle	Belcourt 7	318	$22,582
31	Rolette Elementary SchoolRolette · other	Rolette 29	78	$22,187
32	Rolette High SchoolRolette · high	Rolette 29	51	$22,187
33	Gackle-Streeter Elementary SchoolGackle · other	Gackle-Streeter 56	70	$21,982
34	Kulm Elementary SchoolKulm · other	Kulm 7	87	$21,901
35	Drayton Elementary SchoolDrayton · other	Drayton 19	120	$21,864
36	Drayton High SchoolDrayton · high	Drayton 19	62	$21,864
37	Sargent Central Elementary SchoolForman · other	Sargent Central 6	114	$21,529
38	Sargent Central High SchoolForman · other	Sargent Central 6	74	$21,529
39	Four Winds Community High SchoolFort Totten · high	Ft Totten 30	159	$21,415
40	Lincoln Elementary SchoolBeach · other	Beach 3	150	$20,767
41	Beach High SchoolBeach · other	Beach 3	111	$20,767
42	Leeds Elementary SchoolLeeds · other	Leeds 6	96	$20,748
43	Glen Ullin Elementary SchoolGlen Ullin · other	Glen Ullin 48	90	$20,627
44	Maddock Elementary SchoolMaddock · other	Maddock 9	96	$20,621
45	Saint John Elementary SchoolSaint John · other	St John 3	321	$20,163
46	Saint John High SchoolSaint John · high	St John 3	137	$20,163
47	Strasburg High SchoolStrasburg · other	Strasburg 15	63	$20,115
48	Max Elementary SchoolMax · other	Max 50	72	$20,071
49	Max High SchoolMax · other	Max 50	63	$20,071
50	Fairmount Elementary SchoolFairmount · other	Fairmount 18	54	$20,010
51	Minnewaukan Elementary SchoolMinnewaukan · other	Minnewaukan 5	182	$19,886
52	Minnewaukan High SchoolMinnewaukan · high	Minnewaukan 5	71	$19,886
53	Ashley Elementary SchoolAshley · other	Ashley 9	74	$19,810
54	Midkota Elementary SchoolBinford · other	Midkota 7	91	$19,676
55	Midkota High SchoolGlenfield · other	Midkota 7	86	$19,676
56	Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Elementary SchoolHazelton · other	Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 6	86	$19,580
57	Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock High SchoolHazelton · other	Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 6	58	$19,580
58	Westhope High SchoolWesthope · other	Westhope 17	81	$19,574
59	Westhope Elementary SchoolWesthope · other	Westhope 17	79	$19,574
60	Parshall Elementary SchoolParshall · other	Parshall 3	141	$19,573
61	Parshall High SchoolParshall · other	Parshall 3	139	$19,573
62	Dakota Prairie Elementary SchoolMcville · other	Dakota Prairie 1	158	$19,451
63	Dakota Prairie High SchoolPetersburg · other	Dakota Prairie 1	130	$19,451
64	North Sargent Elementary SchoolGwinner · other	North Sargent 3	131	$19,242
65	North Sargent High SchoolGwinner · high	North Sargent 3	64	$19,242
66	Milnor Elementary SchoolMilnor · other	Milnor 2	89	$18,981
67	Milnor High SchoolMilnor · other	Milnor 2	77	$18,981
68	Divide County Elementary SchoolCrosby · other	Divide County 1	221	$18,812
69	Divide County High SchoolCrosby · other	Divide County 1	161	$18,812
70	North Border-Walhalla Elementary SchoolWalhalla · other	North Border 100	128	$18,809
71	North Border-Pembina Elementary SchoolPembina · other	North Border 100	109	$18,809
72	North Border-Walhalla High SchoolWalhalla · high	North Border 100	59	$18,809
73	Mcclusky Elementary SchoolMcclusky · other	Mcclusky 19	74	$18,795
74	Midway Elementary SchoolInkster · other	Midway 128	141	$18,730
75	Midway High SchoolInkster · high	Midway 128	54	$18,730
76	North Shore Plaza Elementary SchoolPlaza · other	Lewis and Clark 161	136	$18,713
77	Berthold High SchoolBerthold · other	Lewis and Clark 161	98	$18,713
78	Berthold Elementary SchoolBerthold · other	Lewis and Clark 161	96	$18,713
79	North Shore Plaza High SchoolPlaza · other	Lewis and Clark 161	78	$18,713
80	Scranton Elementary SchoolScranton · other	Scranton 33	73	$18,635
81	Scranton High SchoolScranton · other	Scranton 33	62	$18,635
82	Fessenden-Bowdon Elementary SchoolFessenden · other	Fessenden-Bowdon 25	140	$18,439
83	Fessenden-Bowdon High SchoolFessenden · high	Fessenden-Bowdon 25	56	$18,439
84	Mt Pleasant High SchoolRolla · other	Mt Pleasant 4	132	$18,340
85	Mt Pleasant Elementary SchoolRolla · other	Mt Pleasant 4	112	$18,340
86	Hebron Elementary SchoolHebron · other	Hebron 13	85	$18,325
87	Hebron High SchoolHebron · other	Hebron 13	68	$18,325
88	Elgin-New Leipzig Elementary SchoolElgin · other	Elgin-New Leipzig 49	100	$18,244
89	Elgin-New Leipzig High SchoolElgin · other	Elgin-New Leipzig 49	68	$18,244
90	Central Elementary SchoolTioga · other	Tioga 15	324	$18,145
91	Tioga High SchoolTioga · other	Tioga 15	220	$18,145
92	Linton Elementary SchoolLinton · other	Linton 36	172	$18,145
93	Valley-Edinburg Elementary School-CrystalCrystal · elementary	Valley-Edinburg 118	79	$18,145
94	Valley-Edinburg High SchoolEdinburg · other	Valley-Edinburg 118	77	$18,145
95	Linton High SchoolLinton · high	Linton 36	73	$18,145
96	Valley-Edinburg Elementary School-HoopleHoople · other	Valley-Edinburg 118	65	$18,145
97	Hatton Eielson Elementary SchoolHatton · other	Hatton Eielson 7	83	$17,983
98	Hatton Eielson High SchoolHatton · other	Hatton Eielson 7	74	$17,983
99	Tgu-Towner Elementary SchoolTowner · other	Tgu 60	154	$17,982
100	Tgu-Granville Elementary SchoolGranville · other	Tgu 60	85	$17,982

Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.

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