Sterling 35
A public school district in Sterling, North Dakota, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 21
- Students enrolled
- 3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 9.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $27,684
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 21 in 2024–25
- Ranks 17,553rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 161st of 168 in North Dakota. Larger than 1% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $27,684 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 91% 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
Sterling 35 spent $27,684 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $11,759 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 | $27,684 | $526.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2022 | $37,091 | $408.0 thousand | 11 |
| FY2021 | $35,250 | $423.0 thousand | 12 |
| FY2020 | $50,556 | $455.0 thousand | 9 |
| FY2019 | $31,316 | $595.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2018 | $25,682 | $565.0 thousand | 22 |
| FY2017 | $19,367 | $581.0 thousand | 30 |
| FY2016 | $17,813 | $570.0 thousand | 32 |
| FY2015 | $16,889 | $608.0 thousand | 36 |
| FY2014 | $18,061 | $596.0 thousand | 33 |
| FY2013 | $14,545 | $480.0 thousand | 33 |
| FY2012 | $10,833 | $455.0 thousand | 42 |
| FY2011 | $20,476 | $430.0 thousand | 21 |
| FY2010 | $19,435 | $447.0 thousand | 23 |
| FY2009 | $25,560 | $639.0 thousand | 25 |
| FY2008 | $16,250 | $455.0 thousand | 28 |
| FY2007 | $11,684 | $444.0 thousand | 38 |
| FY2006 | $12,545 | $414.0 thousand | 33 |
| FY2005 | $11,759 | $341.0 thousand | 29 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $66.0 thousand | 12.0% |
| State | $75.0 thousand | 13.6% |
| Local | $409.0 thousand | 74.4% |
| Total | $550.0 thousand |
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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Sterling Elementary School | 21 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- STERLING 35
- 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 8
- NCES district ID
- 3817760
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