At $34,333 per pupil, Galata Elem ranks #35 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$34,333
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Galata Elem operates 1 public schools serving 6 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Toole County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $34,333 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 40 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.3% local, 37.4% state, and 4.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Galata School, enrolling 2 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 83.3% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (6 to 1 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 5.0 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $208,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 57.2% went to instruction, 41.8% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Galata School accounts for 33.3% of all Galata Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Galata Elem-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.