U.S. school systems/North Dakota
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North Dakota school systems.

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172school systems
511operating schools connected
119,016students in finance records
164complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

North Dakota school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 164 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$17,656Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation-4.4%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+17.3%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change+4.7%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems164 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024112,546107,458
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$17,115$16,293

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Powers Lake 27

Powers Lake, ND

Students
228
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,022

-8.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.2% enrollment

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Mapleton 7

Mapleton, ND

Students
219
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,311

+17.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +34.4% enrollment

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Milnor 2

Milnor, ND

Students
216
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,907

+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.6% enrollment

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Solen 3

Solen, ND

Students
214
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,393

-2.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.4% enrollment

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Central Valley 3

Buxton, ND

Students
213
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,559

-7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.4% enrollment

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Valley-Edinburg 118

Crystal, ND

Students
210
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,038

-14.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.5% enrollment

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Midway 128

Inkster, ND

Students
207
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,348

-15.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +20.3% enrollment

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Warwick 29

Warwick, ND

Students
206
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$28,214

+6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.8% enrollment

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Underwood 8

Underwood, ND

Students
205
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,259

+6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.1% enrollment

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Medina 3

Medina, ND

Students
202
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,653

-2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +21.7% enrollment

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Mandaree 36

Mandaree, ND

Students
198
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$36,197

+10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.2% enrollment

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White Shield 85

Roseglen, ND

Students
197
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,234

-15.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +34.9% enrollment

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Fessenden-Bowdon 25

Fessenden, ND

Students
195
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,533

-11.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.6% enrollment

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North Sargent 3

Gwinner, ND

Students
193
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,824

-2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.6% enrollment

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Sargent Central 6

Forman, ND

Students
192
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,328

-24.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +19.3% enrollment

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Turtle Lake-Mercer 72

Turtle Lake, ND

Students
192
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,125

-13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.2% enrollment

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Ft Totten 30

Fort Totten, ND

Students
185
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,724

+12.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% enrollment

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Lakota 66

Lakota, ND

Students
184
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,663

-15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +17.2% enrollment

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Manvel 125

Manvel, ND

Students
181
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$13,459

-1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment

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Lidgerwood 28

Lidgerwood, ND

Students
180
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,650

-5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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Midkota 7

Binford, ND

Students
177
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$20,215

+1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment

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Elgin-New Leipzig 49

Elgin, ND

Students
171
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,637

-8.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment

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Drayton 19

Drayton, ND

Students
170
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,994

+15.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.6% enrollment

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Grenora 99

Grenora, ND

Students
168
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,411

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.7% enrollment

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Hope-Page 85

Hope, ND

Students
167
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,228
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Hatton Eielson 7

Hatton, ND

Students
166
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,952

+11.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Pingree-Buchanan 10

Pingree, ND

Students
166
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,831

+6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +17.7% enrollment

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Westhope 17

Westhope, ND

Students
160
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,031

-6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.3% enrollment

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Hebron 13

Hebron, ND

Students
154
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,643

-10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.9% enrollment

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Glen Ullin 48

Glen Ullin, ND

Students
152
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,743

-14.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +17.8% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.