At $16,333 per pupil, Benton Lake Elem ranks #193 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$16,333
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Benton Lake Elem operates 1 public schools serving 9 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 Chouteau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,333 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 66.7% local, 19.4% state, and 13.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Benton Lake School, enrolling 6 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Benton Lake School accounts for 66.7% of all Benton Lake Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Benton Lake Elem a distant remainder — means Benton Lake Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.