An equity score of 51/100 ranks Chinook Elem #30 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,728 per pupil, Chinook Elem ranks #235 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,728
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Chinook Elem operates 3 public schools serving 228 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Blaine County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,728 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.5% local, 40.0% state, and 22.4% 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 51/100, ranked #30 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 329.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.8% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Meadowlark School, with a diversity index of 39.6/100.
Its largest campus is Meadowlark School, enrolling 144 students (67% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hartland Elementary School, at 8 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Meadowlark School accounts for 63.2% of all Chinook Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chinook Elem a distant remainder — means Chinook 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.
Chinook Elem school enrollment varies 18× across entities
Chinook Elem school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 144 students (highest), a spread of 136 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.
Chinook Elem student-counselor ratio is 329:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Chinook Elem is typically wider than the Chinook Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Chinook Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 20.4% — 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 Chinook Elem is typically wider than the Chinook Elem-aggregate figure suggests.