Schools · Richland

Richland, ND schools

Richland’s public schools score well below North Dakota’s averages: 34.5% of students are proficient in reading against 42.3% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.6%. Kids attend Burke Central Elementary School or Bowbells Elementary School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade

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Richland’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Richland’s kids attend trail 54% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests.

C+Test scores

North Dakota school districts we grade (148)Better than 46%

Lower resultsHigher results

Towns in Burke County (28)Better than 79%

Lower confidence. Built on 93 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Dakota’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Dakota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Dakota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.

School path

Where Richland kids go to school

Grades PK–6

B-Burke Central Elementary School or DBowbells Elementary School Depends on your address Burke Central Public School District 36

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (Bowbells Public School District 14)54.5%

State average 42.3%

Reading (grades PK–6, Burke Central Public School District 36)34.5%

State average 42.3%

Math (Bowbells Public School District 14)34.5%

State average 38.2%

Math (grades PK–6, Burke Central Public School District 36)44.5%

State average 38.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

ND: 86.6%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Richland

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Bowbells Public School District 14Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 92 students

$23,856 per studentND $16,642B 🏫

Burke Central Public School District 36Grades K–12 · 2 schools · 95 students

$27,112 per studentND $16,642C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Richland

There’s no college within 30 miles of Richland. The closest is Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town, ND, 66.7 miles away.

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeUniversity or college · Public · New Town66.7 mi158 students Minot State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Minot67.7 mi2,094 students Williston State CollegeCommunity college · Public · Williston79.7 mi627 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Richland. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Richland yet.