Rutland’s public schools score below 86% of North Dakota districts
The public schools Rutland’s kids attend trail 86% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests.
What Rutland’s schools are like
High spending, low results
Rutland spends $22,300 per student, 34% more than the state average. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 14% of districts. Test scores ↓
Rutland shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Rutland’s path is shared: Sargent Central Elementary School and Sargent Central High School. Weber, Forman, Dunbar, Forman and Ransom send their kids to all the same schools. The middle school earns the best grade on the path (B−); the elementary school earns the lowest (D). See the path ↓
The strongest schools in the area
Rutland outscores all four towns that border it. The whole area is strong: even the lowest-scoring neighbor, Ransom, earns D. Compare ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution; the grade rests on only 79 tested students.
How Rutland 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 Rutland.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Rutland vs. its neighbors
Rutland’s schools rank 1st of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among North Dakota districts.
Every school in Rutland
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Rutland families are saying about school.
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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.