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Cut Bank, Montana - 7 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Cut Bank Elem #28 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,475 per pupil, Cut Bank Elem ranks #263 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
551
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,475
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cut Bank Elem operates 7 public schools serving 551 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 $13,475 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 32.3% local, 37.9% state, and 29.8% 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 53/100, ranked #28 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 137.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Anna Jeffries Elementary, with a diversity index of 68.0/100.
Its largest campus is H C Davis Elementary, enrolling 209 students (39% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Glacier Elementary School, at 10 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
H C Davis Elementary accounts for 37.9% of all Cut Bank Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cut Bank 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.
Cut Bank Elem school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Cut Bank Elem school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 209 students (highest), a spread of 199 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cut Bank Elem student-counselor ratio is 138:1 — 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.
Cut Bank Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 53.2% — 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.
Cut Bank Elem has 7 schools, including 5 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 551 students.
How much does Cut Bank Elem spend per student?
Cut Bank Elem spends $13,475 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #28 in Montana.
What is the demographic composition of Cut Bank Elem?
Cut Bank Elem students are 75.2% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cut Bank Elem?
Cut Bank Elem has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #28 out of 141 districts in Montana.