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Eureka, Montana - 2 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Eureka Elem #78 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,724 per pupil, Eureka Elem ranks #289 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
497
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,724
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Eureka Elem operates 2 public schools serving 497 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,724 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 29.7% local, 42.0% state, and 28.3% 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 35/100, ranked #78 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.
a 264:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 47.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.3% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Eureka Elementary School, enrolling 274 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Eureka Elementary School accounts for 51.9% of all Eureka Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Eureka Elem a distant remainder — means Eureka 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.
Eureka Elem student-counselor ratio is 264:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Eureka Elem is typically wider than the Eureka Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Eureka Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 47.0% — 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.