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Billings, Montana - 2 schools
An equity score of 11/100 ranks Elysian Elem #137 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,084 per pupil, Elysian Elem ranks #373 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
451
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$10,084
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elysian Elem operates 2 public schools serving 451 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 $10,084 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 53.5% local, 30.7% state, and 15.9% 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 11/100, ranked #137 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 457.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.4% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Elysian School, enrolling 302 students (67% of the district's total enrollment).
Elysian School accounts for 67.0% of all Elysian Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Elysian Elem a distant remainder — means Elysian 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.
Elysian Elem student-counselor ratio is 458:1 — 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.
Elysian Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 23.2% — 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 Elysian Elem is typically wider than the Elysian Elem-aggregate figure suggests.