4.88% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Dakota Prairie Public School District 1, ND (101 out of 2.07k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 65 - 74, followed by Females 75+ and then Males 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Dakota Prairie Public School District 1, ND is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.