About Thompson 61 School District
Thompson 61 School District is a public school system serving Grand Forks County, North Dakota, based in Thompson. It serves 679 students across 2 schools spanning K–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #23 largest of North Dakota’s 168 school systems.
Size and structure
Thompson 61 School District enrolls 679 students in 2 schools — an average of about 340 students per school. It serves grades K–12 and ranks #23 of 168 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Thompson 61 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (679 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Thompson 61 School District employs about 48 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1 — above the North Dakota average of about 11.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 63.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How North Dakota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Thompson 61 School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
North Dakota publishes ESSA School Accountability Report Cards on its Insights portal, covering proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress, engagement and the Choice Ready rate. Look up Thompson 61 School District on the North Dakota Insights report card.
Accreditation status
North Dakota requires state approval of every public school through the Department of Public Instruction’s continuous-improvement process; separate accreditation is voluntary and generally handled by Cognia. Look up Thompson 61 School District in the free Cognia registry, or see the North Dakota DPI.
Thompson 61 School District vs. North Dakota
See every North Dakota district side by side in the North Dakota directory.
Look up Thompson 61 School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):