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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $17,740 | $202.8 million | 11,431 |
| FY2022 | $16,941 | $192.0 million | 11,331 |
| FY2021 | $16,005 | $180.9 million | 11,304 |
| FY2020 | $14,683 | $169.2 million | 11,520 |
| FY2019 | $14,327 | $165.0 million | 11,514 |
| FY2018 | $13,832 | $158.5 million | 11,456 |
| FY2017 | $13,748 | $154.8 million | 11,263 |
| FY2016 | $13,159 | $148.7 million | 11,298 |
| FY2015 | $12,876 | $145.3 million | 11,284 |
| FY2014 | $12,163 | $135.0 million | 11,101 |
| FY2013 | $11,907 | $131.1 million | 11,007 |
| FY2012 | $12,250 | $131.7 million | 10,755 |
| FY2011 | $11,643 | $123.5 million | 10,609 |
| FY2010 | $10,879 | $115.2 million | 10,591 |
| FY2009 | $10,356 | $109.0 million | 10,524 |
| FY2008 | $9,612 | $101.8 million | 10,590 |
| FY2007 | $9,406 | $100.9 million | 10,727 |
| FY2006 | $8,635 | $93.7 million | 10,849 |
| FY2005 | $8,132 | $91.3 million | 11,225 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $33.6 million | 14.0% |
| State | $107.2 million | 44.8% |
| Local | $98.6 million | 41.2% |
| 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
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
- Public schools in North Dakota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in North Dakota — A to Z, each with its page.
- North Dakota on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
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