Starkweather High School

Starkweather · ND · STARKWEATHER 44 · Public · K-12 combined


At a glance

Programs & features
  • 1 calculus classes
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
  • SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Starkweather High School compares for families

What families should know about Starkweather High School.

  • ▸ LocallyND students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+9 points).
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MUNICH HIGH SCHOOL, LEEDS HIGH SCHOOL, NEWBURG-UNITED HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Limited — narrow advanced curriculum

Bottom 14% of US high schools

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Advanced math classes
1
1 calculus · 0 advanced
Other rigor signals
No dual-enrollment or gifted program reported

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 1% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
1
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
5.3
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
11.1%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

24.0%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Your state's public flagship

University of North Dakota

77%
admit rate
$10,951
in-state tuition/yr · $15,570 out-of-state

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,551/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of North Dakota profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
40.9%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
9
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
25:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
1.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
10
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
MUNICH HIGH SCHOOL
Munich
Public 14.9 30 —
LEEDS HIGH SCHOOL
Leeds
Public 28.1 30 —
NEWBURG-UNITED HIGH SCHOOL
Newburg
Public 95.0 20 —
SAWYER HIGH SCHOOL
Sawyer
Public 103.4 20 —
FORDVILLE-LANKIN HIGH SCHOOL
Fordville
Public 52.3 14 —
FINLEY-SHARON HIGH SCHOOL
Finley
Public 80.7 26 —
NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOL
Cando
Public 15.5 76 +2.7%
MCCLUSKY-GOODRICH HIGH SCHOOL
McClusky
Public 98.8 29 —

At a glance

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Starkweather High School is a public high school in Starkweather, ND, enrolling 25 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

1 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 1% of U.S. high schools.

It has about 25 students per school counselor.

41% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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How many students attend Starkweather High School? Starkweather High School is a public high school in Starkweather, ND, enrolling 25 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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