Powers Lake 27
A public school district in Powers Lake, North Dakota, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 221
- Students enrolled
- 22.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 49.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $17,151
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 221 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,547th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 92nd of 168 in North Dakota. Larger than 18% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $17,151 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 60% 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
Powers Lake 27 spent $17,151 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,951 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 | $17,151 | $4.1 million | 239 |
| FY2022 | $17,670 | $3.7 million | 212 |
| FY2021 | $17,360 | $3.7 million | 211 |
| FY2020 | $16,557 | $3.5 million | 212 |
| FY2019 | $15,980 | $3.3 million | 205 |
| FY2018 | $16,770 | $3.1 million | 187 |
| FY2017 | $16,296 | $3.1 million | 189 |
| FY2016 | $17,977 | $3.2 million | 176 |
| FY2015 | $16,455 | $2.7 million | 165 |
| FY2014 | $14,428 | $2.2 million | 152 |
| FY2013 | $13,950 | $1.9 million | 139 |
| FY2012 | $14,807 | $1.8 million | 119 |
| FY2011 | $15,726 | $1.7 million | 106 |
| FY2010 | $14,129 | $1.3 million | 93 |
| FY2009 | $13,414 | $1.3 million | 99 |
| FY2008 | $12,747 | $1.3 million | 99 |
| FY2007 | $9,932 | $1.2 million | 118 |
| FY2006 | $11,184 | $1.2 million | 103 |
| FY2005 | $10,951 | $1.1 million | 102 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $269.0 thousand | 5.4% |
| State | $2.3 million | 45.8% |
| Local | $2.4 million | 48.8% |
| Total | $5.0 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Powers Lake Elementary School | 152 |
| Powers Lake High School | 69 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- POWERS LAKE 27
- 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
- 3800024
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.
Data retrieved