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Baker, Montana - 4 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Baker K-12 Schools #23 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,598 per pupil, Baker K-12 Schools ranks #170 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
451
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,598
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Baker K-12 Schools operates 4 public schools serving 451 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Fallon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,598 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 40.0% local, 53.5% state, and 6.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 55/100, ranked #23 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 232:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lincoln School, with a diversity index of 15.0/100.
Its largest campus is Longfellow School, enrolling 158 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Longfellow School accounts for 34.1% of all Baker K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Baker K-12 Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Baker K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Baker K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 72 students (lowest) to 158 students (highest), a spread of 86 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.
Baker K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 232:1 — 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.
Baker K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — 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.