Alberton K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 166 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other, 1 high, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 164 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Mineral County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,453 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 36.2% local, 41.2% state, and 22.5% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $103,885 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
a 54.7:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 67.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.6% White, 2.9% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Alberton School accounts for 54.3% of all Alberton K-12 Schools student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Alberton K-12 Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Alberton K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Alberton K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 89 students (highest), a spread of 55 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio — most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Alberton K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 55:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment — districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Alberton K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 67.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason — illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.