Regular local school district · Burke County
Powers Lake 27 School District, ND: schools, enrollment and spending
Powers Lake 27 School District runs 2 public schools with 221 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.0 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the North Dakota figure of 11.7.Listed in NCES data as "POWERS LAKE 27".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 221
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22
- Students per teacher
- 10.0
- ND: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 600 Railroad Ave E, Powers Lake, ND 58773
- Phone
- (701)464-5432
- County
- Burke County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3800024
- State district ID
- ND-07027
- Total staff (FTE)
- 49
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 221 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.0
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 (211), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $381,000
- State revenue
- $2.3 million
- Local revenue
- $2.1 million
- Total spending
- $4.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,185
- Salaries
- $2.0 million45.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 47.4%
- Local: 44.7%
North Dakota overall
- Federal: 15.9%
- State: 50.0%
- Local: 34.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,185
North Dakota$18,090
United States$16,826
Schools in Powers Lake 27 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Powers Lake Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 152 | 10.1 |
| Powers Lake High School | High | 9 to 12 | 69 | 9.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Burke County
- Burke Central 36 School District 95 students
- Bowbells 14 School District 92 students
More in North Dakota
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.