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Boulder, Montana - 2 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Boulder Elem #27 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,722 per pupil, Boulder Elem ranks #167 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Boulder Elem operates 2 public schools serving 218 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,722 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 29.3% local, 32.9% state, and 37.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #27 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.
and 28.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.8% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Boulder Elementary School, enrolling 166 students (77% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Boulder 7-8, at 49 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Boulder Elementary School accounts for 76.1% of all Boulder Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Boulder Elem a distant remainder — means Boulder 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.
Boulder Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 28.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Boulder Elem is typically wider than the Boulder Elem-aggregate figure suggests.