ND Finance Facts
What was the total cost to educate all ND public school students in
2020-21 school year? With the Average Daily Membership at
115,603.51 and the cost per student at $12,787.13, the cost of
education for all ND students during the 20-21 school year was
$1,478,237,654.
What is the average cost per mile to transport students? To
transport students to and from school, the average cost per mile was
$3.98.
What was the statewide total expenditure for student activities
(Fund group 6)? Student transportation services, student activities,
transferring to other funds, the expenditure totaled $40,260,275.00.
What school in the state has the highest average cost per pupil?
The lowest? Elementary schools in Sterling and in Williams County
had the highest and lowest cost per pupil, respectively.
What was total student enrollment in the Fall of 2020? 112,045
enrolled at the start of the Fall 2020 school year.
What was the total number of licensed personnel working in ND
schools in 2020-21? Including all teachers, other licenses, and
administrators, 10,810 personnel were working in ND school school
year 20-21.
What is the general fund mill levy of your school? General fund mill
levy is 70.00
What is the total mill levy for your school? For Bismarck 1, total mill
levy is 107.66
How does the total mill levy for your school compare to the
statewide average? The total mill levy for the state during 20-21 was
103.13. For Burleigh/Bismarck it is 107.66. Comparing the two it is a
4.53 difference.
How much revenue did your school district receive from the state?
My school district received $121,940,530.63 revenue from the state
itself.
What was the total number of Weighted Student Units that was used
to calculate your school’s foundation aid payment? What was your
schools Average Daily Membership? Why are these numbers
different? The total number of WSU was 15,042.47, and ADM was
13,461.84. When looking at the Weighted ADM, it will always be higher
than the ADM since it factors in special populations, summer
programs, and isolated schools.
How much revenue did your school district receive from federal
sources? Burleigh/Bismarck 1 received $12,179,782.05 in federal
revenue.
What is the average cost per pupil for PK-12 students in your
school? The average cost per student for Burleigh/Bismarck 1 was
$10,809 during the 20-21 school year.
What is the general fund mill levy of your school? (Sterling District
35) 58.45 Regular
What is the total mill levy for your school? (Sterling District 35) 58.45
How does the total mill levy for your school compare to the
statewide average? Sterling District falls below the state average.
How much revenue did your school district receive from the state?
$220,459.27
What was the total number of Weighted Student Units that was used
to calculate your school’s foundation aid payment? What was your
schools Average Daily Membership? Why are these numbers
different?
WSU is 8.14 and ADM is 4.16. These are different since the WSU is
based on the school district size and the ADM is the daily
membership.
How much revenue did your school district receive from federal
sources? $34,914.00
What is the average cost per pupil for PK-12 students in your
school? $96,635
What is the general fund mill levy of your school? (Central Cass 17)
69.05-R
What is the total mill levy for your school? (Central Cass 17) 115.39
How does the total mill levy for your school compare to the statewide
average? Central Cass total mill levy > the Statewide total mill levy
How much revenue did your school district receive from the state?
(Central Cass 17) $8,399,064.14
What was the total number of Weighted Student Units that was used to
calculate your school’s foundation aid payment? What was your schools
Average Daily Membership? Why are these numbers different? 1,041.22
total weighted student units. 946.74 average daily membership. The
numbers are different because the average daily membership has to do
with the purposes of state aid more so than the school district size.
How much revenue did your school district receive from federal sources?
(Central Cass 17) $195,008.80
What is the average cost per pupil for PK-12 students in your school?
$9,594.74
