Regular local school district · Burleigh County
Sterling 35 School District, ND: schools, enrollment and spending
Sterling 35 School District runs 1 public school with 21 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 7.0 students per teacher is 4.7 lower than the North Dakota figure of 11.7.Listed in NCES data as "STERLING 35".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 21
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3
- Students per teacher
- 7.0
- ND: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 118 McKenzie St, Sterling, ND 58572
- Phone
- (701)387-4413
- County
- Burleigh County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3817760
- State district ID
- ND-08035
- Total staff (FTE)
- 9
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.0
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 (12), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $672,000
- Federal revenue
- $107,000
- State revenue
- $173,000
- Local revenue
- $392,000
- Total spending
- $567,000
- Spending per pupil
- $47,250
- Salaries
- $263,00046.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.9%
- State: 25.7%
- Local: 58.3%
North Dakota overall
- Federal: 15.9%
- State: 50.0%
- Local: 34.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$47,250
North Dakota$18,090
United States$16,826
Schools in Sterling 35 School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Sterling Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 21 | 7.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Burleigh County
- Bismarck 1 School District 14,098 students
- Apple Creek 39 School District 78 students
- Wing 28 School District 62 students
- Menoken 33 School District 50 students
- Naughton 25 School District 16 students
- Manning 45 School District 12 students
- Bismarck Career Academy
- Bismarck Special Ed Unit
- Bismarck Technical Center
- Burleigh Co Special Ed Unit
- Central Regional Area Career & Technical Center
- Central Regional Special Ed Unit
- Hughes Career & Tech Educational Center
- Silver Ranch Career and Technology Center
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.