Summary:
The Devils Lake 1 school district in North Dakota contains one high school, Devils Lake High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 552 students.
Devils Lake High School faces significant challenges across nearly all performance metrics. The school ranks in the bottom 18th percentile in the state for the 2024-2025 school year, a position it has held consistently for three years. Academic proficiency is alarmingly low, with only 13% of students proficient in math—a 28 percentage point gap compared to the state average of 41%. Reading proficiency stands at 33% (versus 40% statewide), and science proficiency is 25.5% (versus 38% statewide). The graduation rate of 82.1% falls below the state average of 84.2%, while the dropout rate of 8.0% is double the state average of 4.0%. Chronic absenteeism affects 26% of students, notably higher than the state average of 20%.
Despite spending $15,654 per student—a significant investment—the school's outcomes do not reflect this financial commitment. The combination of a high dropout rate, high chronic absenteeism, and extremely low math proficiency points to a deep student engagement problem that likely drives the poor test scores. With 33.7% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, socioeconomic factors may play a role, but the persistent underperformance over three consecutive years suggests that current strategies are not effectively addressing the core issues. For parents, this data indicates that Devils Lake High School requires urgent attention to improve student attendance, academic support, and overall school culture.
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