Regular local school district · Ward County
Lewis and Clark 161 School District, ND: schools, enrollment and spending
Lewis and Clark 161 School District runs 6 public schools with 410 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.1 students per teacher is 0.6 lower than the North Dakota figure of 11.7.Listed in NCES data as "LEWIS AND CLARK 161".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 410
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37
- Students per teacher
- 11.1
- ND: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 401 4th Ave NE, Berthold, ND 58718
- Phone
- (701)453-3484
- County
- Ward County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3800058
- State district ID
- ND-51161
- Total staff (FTE)
- 74
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 205 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.1
North Dakota11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (435), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $695,000
- State revenue
- $3.5 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $8.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,080
- Salaries
- $3.6 million43.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 39.4%
- Local: 52.8%
North Dakota overall
- Federal: 15.9%
- State: 50.0%
- Local: 34.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,080
North Dakota$18,090
United States$16,826
Schools in Lewis and Clark 161 School District
By level: 3 high, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Berthold Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 96 | 9.6 |
| Berthold High School | High | 7 to 12 | 98 | 8.9 |
| Lewis and Clark Virtual Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 0 | |
| Lewis and Clark Virtual High School | High | 7 to 12 | 2 | |
| North Shore Plaza Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 136 | 17.0 |
| North Shore Plaza High School | High | 7 to 12 | 78 | 11.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ward County
- Minot 1 School District 7,683 students
- United 7 School District 712 students
- South Prairie 70 School District 566 students
- Nedrose 4 School District 565 students
- Surrey 41 School District 439 students
- Kenmare 28 School District 291 students
- Sawyer 16 School District 94 students
- Minot Afb 160 School District
- Minot Area Workforce Academy
- Minot Special Ed Unit
- Souris Valley Special Services
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.