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Billings, Montana - 2 schools
An equity score of 12/100 ranks Elder Grove Elem #135 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,364 per pupil, Elder Grove Elem ranks #384 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Elder Grove Elem operates 2 public schools serving 689 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 Yellowstone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,364 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.4% local, 45.3% state, and 11.4% 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 12/100, ranked #135 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 356.5:1 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 85.4% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Elder Grove School, enrolling 465 students (65% of the district's total enrollment).
Elder Grove School accounts for 65.2% of all Elder Grove Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Elder Grove Elem a distant remainder — means Elder Grove 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.
Elder Grove Elem student-counselor ratio is 357:1 — 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.
Elder Grove 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 Elder Grove Elem is typically wider than the Elder Grove Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Elder Grove Elem has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 689 students.
How much does Elder Grove Elem spend per student?
Elder Grove Elem spends $9,364 per student. The district has an equity score of 12/100, ranking #135 in Montana.
What is the demographic composition of Elder Grove Elem?
Elder Grove Elem students are 85.4% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Elder Grove Elem?
Elder Grove Elem has an equity score of 12/100, ranking #135 out of 141 districts in Montana.