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Turtle Lake-Mercer 72
A public school district in Turtle Lake, North Dakota, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 182
- Students enrolled
- 22
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 41
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $17,766
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 182 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,177th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 108th of 168 in North Dakota. Larger than 14% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $17,766 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
Turtle Lake-Mercer 72 spent $17,125 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,745 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.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $17,125 | $3.3 million | 192 |
| FY2023 | $17,766 | $3.1 million | 175 |
| FY2022 | $18,153 | $3.2 million | 177 |
| FY2021 | $17,481 | $3.2 million | 181 |
| FY2020 | $17,000 | $3.1 million | 184 |
| FY2019 | $16,065 | $3.0 million | 186 |
| FY2018 | $16,203 | $2.9 million | 177 |
| FY2017 | $15,925 | $3.0 million | 186 |
| FY2016 | $14,521 | $2.8 million | 192 |
| FY2015 | $16,410 | $2.8 million | 173 |
| FY2014 | $15,488 | $2.5 million | 164 |
| FY2013 | $13,939 | $2.5 million | 179 |
| FY2012 | $13,485 | $2.3 million | 169 |
| FY2011 | $14,808 | $2.3 million | 156 |
| FY2010 | $14,230 | $2.3 million | 161 |
| FY2009 | $13,270 | $2.1 million | 159 |
| FY2008 | $11,201 | $1.9 million | 169 |
| FY2007 | $11,229 | $1.9 million | 166 |
| FY2006 | $10,549 | $1.8 million | 175 |
| FY2005 | $9,745 | $1.8 million | 188 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $303,000 | 8.0% |
| State | $1.7 million | 44.2% |
| Local | $1.8 million | 47.8% |
| Total | $3.8 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 |
|---|---|
| Turtle Lake-Mercer Elementary School | 97 |
| Turtle Lake-Mercer High School | 85 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- TURTLE LAKE-MERCER 72
- 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
- 3818500
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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