School choice in North Dakota
No state program pays private school tuition.
What exists in North Dakota
| State program | No state program pays private school tuition |
|---|---|
| What families can use instead | No North Dakota program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction. Gov. Armstrong vetoed an education savings account bill (HB 1540) in April 2025, and the House sustained the veto. |
| Help paying | Nothing at the state level. Federal scholarships from 2027 can cover tuition and other K-12 costs. |
| Coming up | There is no state application. Once North Dakota lists its scholarship organizations, families apply to them. |
| Federal tax credit, 2027 | North Dakota is on the IRS list of states that opted in to the federal scholarship tax credit (as of September 14, 2026), so scholarship organizations here can take federally credited gifts from January 2027. |
We read this on from: North Dakota Legislature, HB 1540 (2025) actions; Governor Armstrong, January 26, 2026, federal tax credit; College SAVE, questions; IRS, participating states for 2027 (as of September 14, 2026); North Dakota DPI, nonpublic school approval. Rules change when the legislature meets, so check the official program site before you count on a number.
Private schools in North Dakota
We list 47 private schools in North Dakota, with grades, size and affiliation, by city and county.
Browse private schools in North Dakota
- Private schools in Fargo (11 nearby)
- Private schools in Bismarck (10 nearby)
- Private schools in Dickinson (5 nearby)
- Private schools in Jamestown (4 nearby)
- Private schools in Grand Forks (3 nearby)
- Private schools in Minot (3 nearby)
Questions parents ask
Does North Dakota have school vouchers or an ESA?
No state program pays private school tuition.
What can families in North Dakota use instead?
No North Dakota program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction. Gov. Armstrong vetoed an education savings account bill (HB 1540) in April 2025, and the House sustained the veto.
Will the federal scholarship tax credit help in North Dakota?
North Dakota is on the IRS list of states that opted in to the federal scholarship tax credit (as of September 14, 2026), so scholarship organizations here can take federally credited gifts from January 2027.
Other states
- Texas: TEFA
- Arkansas: EFA
- Oklahoma: PCTC
- Tennessee: EFS
- Missouri: MOScholars
- Florida: FES / FTC
- Arizona: ESA
- Iowa: Students First ESA
- Utah: UFA
- West Virginia: Hope
- North Carolina: Opportunity Scholarship
- Indiana: Choice Scholarship
- Ohio: EdChoice
- Alabama: CHOOSE Act
- Louisiana: LA GATOR
- Georgia: Promise Scholarship
- South Carolina: ESTF
- New Hampshire: EFA
- Idaho: PCTC
- Wisconsin: WI Choice
- Maryland: BOOST
- Nevada: Opportunity Scholarship
- Wyoming: Steamboat Legacy ESA
- Kansas: TCLISS
- Montana: SSO tax credit
- South Dakota: Partners in Education
- Rhode Island: RI scholarship tax credit
- Mississippi: ESA
- Maine: Town tuitioning
- Vermont: Town tuitioning
- District of Columbia: OSP
- California: no state program
- Pennsylvania: EITC / OSTC
- New York: no state program
- Illinois: no state program
- New Jersey: no state program
- Virginia: EISTC
- Michigan: no state program
- Washington: no state program
- Massachusetts: no state program
- Minnesota: no state program
- Oregon: no state program
- Colorado: no state program
- Kentucky: no state program
- Connecticut: no state program
- Nebraska: no state program
- New Mexico: no state program
- Hawaii: no state program
- Delaware: no state program
- Alaska: no state program