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Grass Range, Montana - 1 schools
At $17,714 per pupil, Ayers Elem ranks #168 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,714
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ayers Elem operates 1 public schools serving 11 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 Fergus County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,714 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 7.2% local, 56.1% state, and 36.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ayers School, enrolling 14 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ayers School accounts for 100.0% of all Ayers Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ayers Elem a distant remainder — means Ayers 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.