An equity score of 17/100 ranks Bozeman Elem #133 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,840 per pupil, Bozeman Elem ranks #355 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,651
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$10,840
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bozeman Elem operates 11 public schools serving 4,651 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 2 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Gallatin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,840 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.6% local, 35.9% state, and 14.5% 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 17/100, ranked #133 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 354.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.8% White, 12.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Irving School, with a diversity index of 59.2/100.
Its largest campus is Sacajawea Middle School, enrolling 807 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bozeman Online Charter School, at 44 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sacajawea Middle School accounts for 17.2% of all Bozeman Elem student enrollment
That concentration means Bozeman Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Bozeman Elem school enrollment varies 18× across entities
Bozeman Elem school enrollment ranges from 44 students (lowest) to 807 students (highest), a spread of 763 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bozeman Elem student-counselor ratio is 354:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Bozeman Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 26.4% — 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 Bozeman Elem is typically wider than the Bozeman Elem-aggregate figure suggests.