At $28,196 per pupil, Dodson K-12 ranks #57 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
92
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$28,196
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dodson K-12 operates 3 public schools serving 92 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Phillips County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,196 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 21.0% local, 27.7% state, and 51.4% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs.
and 67.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 6.6% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dodson 7-8, with a diversity index of 32.7/100.
Its largest campus is Dodson School, enrolling 38 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Dodson School accounts for 41.3% of all Dodson K-12 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dodson K-12-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Dodson K-12 school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Dodson K-12 school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 38 students (highest), a spread of 22 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dodson K-12 chronic absenteeism rate is 67.8% — 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.