State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

North Dakota North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 600 Boulevard Avenue East, Bismarck, ND 58505-0440	Download, view and print North Dakota's report as a pdf file. 330KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Wayne G. Sanstead, (701) 328-4572
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Doug McCrory, (701) 328-2189
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Tom Morth, (701) 328-4886

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


119,004	120,123	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
691	609	Public schools
7,632	7,892	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
70,665	70,665	Land area in square miles
1.7	1.7	Public school students per square mile
1.0	0.9	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

661	643	State population (in thousands)
$2,513	$4,396	State revenue per capita
$2,438	$3,785	State expenditure per capita
$373	$505	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$74,700	$124,942	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	353	100%	282	Total public education agencies
85.8%	303	83.7%	236	Regular school districts
11.0%	39	13.5%	38	Regional service agencies
1.4%	5	1.1%	3	State-operated agencies
1.7%	6	1.8%	5	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	25 to 99 schools
1.1%	4	1.4%	4	10 to 24 schools
2.5%	9	2.8%	8	5 to 9 schools
89.5%	316	95.0%	268	1 to 4 schools
6.8%	24	0.7%	2	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	691	100%	609	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
93.5%	646	93.8%	571	Regular schools
5.2%	36	5.1%	31	Special education schools
1.2%	8	1.1%	7	Vocational schools
0.1%	1	0.0%	0	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

43.0%	297	43.7%	266	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
8.2%	57	7.2%	44	PK, K, 1 to 8
1.4%	10	2.8%	17	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
2.9%	20	3.3%	20	7 to 8, 9
27.5%	190	25.0%	152	7, 8 to 12
4.8%	33	6.7%	41	9, 10, 11 to 12
6.4%	44	4.8%	29	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Ungraded
5.8%	40	6.6%	40	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


530	619	Prekindergarten
10,193	8,464	Kindergarten
10,581	8,788	First
9,801	8,702	Second
9,366	8,698	Third
9,189	8,736	Fourth
9,023	9,170	Fifth
8,542	9,352	Sixth
8,684	9,699	Seventh
8,470	9,943	Eighth
8,735	10,230	Ninth
8,559	9,785	Tenth
8,627	9,251	Eleventh
8,704	8,686	Twelfth
—	—	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	10.6%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	21.2%.	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	18.8%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

86.5%	7,821	94.6%	8,027	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
13.5%	1,224	5.4%	462	High school equivalency
	—		—	Other completers
	—		2.5%	Dropouts
			60.4%	Dropouts who were male
			29.8%	Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

230.9	284.2	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
24.7%	22.6%	Students below basic level
75.3%	77.4%	Students at or above basic level
24.3%	33.3%	Students at or above proficient level
1.9%	4.4%	Students at advanced level
—	162.2	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	22.3%	Students below basic level
	77.7%	Students at or above basic level
	40.6%	Students at or above proficient level
	3.0%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	13,533	100%	14,552	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
56.4%	7,632	54.2%	7,892	Teachers
6.6%	899	10.8%	1,572	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.2%	164	1.8%	263	Guidance counselors/directors
2.2%	300	2.6%	380	Librarians/library support
5.0%	672	3.3%	482	Administrative support
23.3%	3,156	21.0%	3,050	Other support services
				Administrators
2.7%	367	2.8%	409	School-based
2.5%	343	3.5%	504	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.3%	0.5%	Public school teachers with no degree
82.6%	79.7%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
15.9%	18.0%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
1.2%	1.8%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$7,531	$11,370	National school lunch
$445	$1,432	National school breakfast
$9,627	$17,069	Title I
$4,710	$8,388	Education for the handicapped
$4,952	$7,434	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$6,570	School improvement
$9,998	$21,332	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$1,352	$1,565	Bilingual education
$1,319	$20	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$433,358	$642,984	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,642	$5,353	Revenue per pupil in membership
$385,427	$577,498	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,239	$4,808	Current expenditure per pupil in membership