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Cut Bank, Montana - 1 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Cut Bank H S #46 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,767 per pupil, Cut Bank H S ranks #226 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,767
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cut Bank H S operates 1 public schools serving 227 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $14,767 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 53.3% local, 44.7% state, and 2.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 45/100, ranked #46 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 183:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 65.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.5% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cut Bank High School, enrolling 183 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cut Bank High School accounts for 80.6% of all Cut Bank H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cut Bank H S a distant remainder — means Cut Bank H S-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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 H S student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Cut Bank H S chronic absenteeism rate is 65.0% — 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 H S has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 227 students.
How much does Cut Bank H S spend per student?
Cut Bank H S spends $14,767 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #46 in Montana.
What is the demographic composition of Cut Bank H S?
Cut Bank H S students are 47.5% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cut Bank H S?
Cut Bank H S has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #46 out of 141 districts in Montana.