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Galata, Montana - 1 schools
At $68,000 per pupil, Galata Elem ranks #5 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$68,000
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
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 $68,000 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 40 of 394 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).
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 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.