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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Yellowstone 14

Fairview, ND

Students
145
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,290

-13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +74.7% enrollment

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Max 50

Max, ND

Students
144
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,042

+9.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -28.0% enrollment

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Scranton 33

Scranton, ND

Students
140
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,671

-7.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment

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Litchville-Marion 46

Marion, ND

Students
139
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,475

-8.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.8% enrollment

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Rolette 29

Rolette, ND

Students
138
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,225

-4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.8% enrollment

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Ashley 9

Ashley, ND

Students
137
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,956

+1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 6

Hazelton, ND

Students
134
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,097

-1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.3% enrollment

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Maddock 9

Maddock, ND

Students
132
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$20,326

-4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.4% enrollment

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Leeds 6

Leeds, ND

Students
131
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,504

-5.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.4% enrollment

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Kulm 7

Kulm, ND

Students
130
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,346

+1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment

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Mcclusky-Goodrich 29

McClusky, ND

Students
119
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,025
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Strasburg 15

Strasburg, ND

Students
115
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,652

+9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.2% enrollment

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Montpelier 14

Montpelier, ND

Students
112
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,500

-10.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Emerado 127

Emerado, ND

Students
107
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$17,037

+7.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.1% enrollment

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Billings Co 1

Medora, ND

Students
105
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,819

-23.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +23.5% enrollment

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Gackle-Streeter 56

Gackle, ND

Students
101
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,455

+6.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.9% enrollment

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Bowbells 14

Bowbells, ND

Students
97
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,856

-7.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +22.8% enrollment

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Fairmount 18

Fairmount, ND

Students
96
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,167

-4.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Munich 19

Munich, ND

Students
93
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,903

-9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Newburg-United 54

Newburg, ND

Students
91
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,648

+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment

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Burke Central 36

Lignite, ND

Students
89
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,112

-16.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.7% enrollment

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Finley-Sharon 19

Finley, ND

Students
85
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,259

-15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.0% enrollment

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Apple Creek 39

Bismarck, ND

Students
78
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$13,077

-23.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +50.0% enrollment

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Drake 57

Drake, ND

Students
77
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,753

0.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.8% enrollment

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Sawyer 16

Sawyer, ND

Students
73
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,329

-28.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +65.9% enrollment

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Anamoose 14

Anamoose, ND

Students
72
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,014

+13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.3% enrollment

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Wing 28

Wing, ND

Students
71
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,254

+3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.5% enrollment

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Ft Yates 4

Fort Yates, ND

Students
62
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$79,548

+86.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -52.7% enrollment

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Roosevelt 18

Carson, ND

Students
57
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,193

-15.6% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Fordville-Lankin 5

Fordville, ND

Students
56
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,964

-31.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +36.6% 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.