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Choteau, Montana - 2 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Choteau Elem #75 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,121 per pupil, Choteau Elem ranks #242 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
255
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,121
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Choteau Elem operates 2 public schools serving 255 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 Teton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,121 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.0% local, 35.6% state, and 30.5% 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 36/100, ranked #75 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 407:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% White, 2.8% African American, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Choteau School, enrolling 252 students (80% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Choteau 7-8, at 62 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Choteau School accounts for 80.3% of all Choteau Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Choteau Elem a distant remainder — means Choteau 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.
Choteau Elem student-counselor ratio is 407:1 — 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.
Choteau Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 26.8% — 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 Choteau Elem is typically wider than the Choteau Elem-aggregate figure suggests.