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Turtle Lake-Mercer High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
250 3rd Ave W
Turtle Lake, ND 58575
Phone
(701) 448-2365
District
TURTLE LAKE-MERCER 72
County
MCLEAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
66
Classroom Teachers
12

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Dakota

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all ND schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Turtle Lake-Mercer High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
42%
No Data
45%
No Data
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
5
8
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 9 13.6%
Grade 8 10 15.2%
Grade 9 16 24.2%
Grade 10 7 10.6%
Grade 11 7 10.6%
Grade 12 17 25.8%
Total 66 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.0% 98.9% 75.7%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 5.3%
Hispanic 1.5% 0.6% 6.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 0.6% 11.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.1% 12.4% 24.7%
Free lunch eligible 9.1% 9.6% 21.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.0% 2.8% 2.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,141 779,261
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2.3 11
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.2% 6.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.6% 35.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.8% 22.2%
65 OR OLDER 31.7% 15.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 497 320,038
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 6.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.4% 93.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.8% 31.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.7% 16.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.9% 18.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.9% 13.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.7% 14.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.7% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,120 $1,678,080 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $391 $71,944 2.0%
Staff $614 $112,976 3.2%
General Administration $1,125 $207,000 5.9%
School Administration $576 $105,984 3.0%
Operation $1,533 $282,072 8.0%
Transportation $1,543 $283,912 8.0%
Other $505 $92,920 2.6%
Total Support $6,288 $1,156,992 32.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,810 $701,040 19.8%
Total Expenditures $19,217 $3,535,928 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,620 $914,187,479 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $453 $54,327,116 2.9%
Staff $458 $54,911,082 2.9%
General Administration $499 $59,809,554 3.2%
School Administration $694 $83,275,161 4.5%
Operation $1,074 $128,789,892 6.9%
Transportation $530 $63,591,007 3.4%
Other $352 $42,277,750 2.3%
Total Support $4,059 $486,979,656 26.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,857 $462,739,551 24.8%
Total Expenditures $15,537 $1,863,912,189 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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