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Geraldine, Montana - 3 schools
At $33,958 per pupil, Geraldine K-12 ranks #30 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
55
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$33,958
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Geraldine K-12 operates 3 public schools serving 55 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Chouteau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $33,958 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 59.1% local, 27.7% state, and 13.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 85.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.2% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Geraldine Elementary, with a diversity index of 15.9/100.
Its largest campus is Geraldine Elementary, enrolling 47 students (61% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Geraldine Middle School, at 11 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Geraldine Elementary accounts for 61.0% of all Geraldine K-12 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Geraldine K-12 a distant remainder — means Geraldine K-12-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.
Geraldine K-12 school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Geraldine K-12 school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 47 students (highest), a spread of 36 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Geraldine K-12 student-counselor ratio is 86:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Geraldine K-12 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.8% — 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 Geraldine K-12 is typically wider than the Geraldine K-12-aggregate figure suggests.