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Wolf Creek, Montana - 1 schools
At $17,077 per pupil, Auchard Creek Elem ranks #178 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
13
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,077
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Auchard Creek Elem operates 1 public schools serving 13 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lewis and Clark County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,077 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.4% local, 42.6% state, and 48.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Auchard Creek School, enrolling 13 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Auchard Creek School accounts for 100.0% of all Auchard Creek Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Auchard Creek Elem a distant remainder — means Auchard Creek Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.