Portal’s public schools score below 60% of North Dakota districts
The public schools Portal’s kids attend trail 60% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Portal compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Dakota’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of North Dakota only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Portal.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Portal vs. its neighbors
Portal’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among North Dakota districts.
Every school in Portal
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Portal families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within North Dakota. Stars are from neighbors.