An equity score of 71/100 ranks Browning Elem #3 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,449 per pupil, Browning Elem ranks #111 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,266
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$21,449
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Browning Elem operates 7 public schools serving 1,266 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 elementary, 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 Glacier County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,449 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 13.7% local, 26.6% state, and 59.7% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #3 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.
a 139.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 62.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 28.9% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Browning Middle School, with a diversity index of 8.9/100.
Its largest campus is Browning Middle School, enrolling 368 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Glendale School, at 12 students, a 31x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 3.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (1,266 to 1,316 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $31,026,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 44.3% went to instruction, 36.7% to support services, and 11.7% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Browning Middle School accounts for 28.7% of all Browning Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Browning 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.
Browning Elem school enrollment varies 31× across entities
Browning Elem school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 368 students (highest), a spread of 356 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Browning Elem student-counselor ratio is 139:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Browning Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 62.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.