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Fairfield, Montana - 1 schools
At $11,311 per pupil, Golden Ridge Elem ranks #340 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
44
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$11,311
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Golden Ridge Elem operates 1 public schools serving 44 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 Teton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,311 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 15.4% local, 46.3% state, and 38.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Golden Ridge School, enrolling 7 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Golden Ridge School accounts for 15.9% of all Golden Ridge Elem student enrollment
That concentration means Golden Ridge 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.