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Fargo 1

A public school district in Fargo, North Dakota, with 26 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

11,444
Students enrolled
988.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
2,051.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$17,740
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 11,444 in 2024–25
Ranks 758th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 3rd of 168 in North Dakota. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $17,740 in fiscal year 2023
More than 63% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Fargo 1 spent $17,740 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,132 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Fargo 1 spent $17,740 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,132 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$17,740$202.8 million11,431
FY2022$16,941$192.0 million11,331
FY2021$16,005$180.9 million11,304
FY2020$14,683$169.2 million11,520
FY2019$14,327$165.0 million11,514
FY2018$13,832$158.5 million11,456
FY2017$13,748$154.8 million11,263
FY2016$13,159$148.7 million11,298
FY2015$12,876$145.3 million11,284
FY2014$12,163$135.0 million11,101
FY2013$11,907$131.1 million11,007
FY2012$12,250$131.7 million10,755
FY2011$11,643$123.5 million10,609
FY2010$10,879$115.2 million10,591
FY2009$10,356$109.0 million10,524
FY2008$9,612$101.8 million10,590
FY2007$9,406$100.9 million10,727
FY2006$8,635$93.7 million10,849
FY2005$8,132$91.3 million11,225

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Fargo 1 by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$33.6 million14.0%
State$107.2 million44.8%
Local$98.6 million41.2%
Total$239.3 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

26 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Fargo 1
SchoolStudents
Ben Franklin Middle School873
Bennett Elementary School622
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School677
Centennial Elementary School639
Clara Barton Hawthorne Elementary School312
Dakota High School127
Discovery Middle School992
Eagles Elementary School292
Early Childhood Special Education School162
Ed Clapp Elementary School444
Explorer Academy34
Fargo 9-12 Virtual Academy113
Fargo Davies High School1,277
Fargo K-8 Virtual Academy22
Horace Mann Roosevelt Elementary School344
Jefferson Elementary School270
Kennedy Elementary School469
Lewis and Clark Elementary School439
Lincoln Elementary School330
Longfellow Elementary School386
Madison Elementary School134
McKinley Elementary School169
North High School1,110
Self-Directed Academy16
South High School898
Washington Elementary School292

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
FARGO 1
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not applicable
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3806780

Elsewhere

Sources

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