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Hamilton, Montana - 4 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Hamilton K-12 Schools #50 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,709 per pupil, Hamilton K-12 Schools ranks #328 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,666
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,709
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hamilton K-12 Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,666 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 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 Ravalli County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,709 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 35.7% local, 44.5% state, and 19.9% 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 42/100, ranked #50 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 189.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.9% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hamilton Middle School, with a diversity index of 28.3/100.
Its largest campus is Daly School, enrolling 539 students (35% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Washington School, at 65 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Daly School accounts for 32.4% of all Hamilton K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hamilton K-12 Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Hamilton K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 8.3× across entities
Hamilton K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 539 students (highest), a spread of 474 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Hamilton K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 189:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Hamilton K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 45.1% — 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.
Hamilton K-12 Schools has 4 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,666 students.
How much does Hamilton K-12 Schools spend per student?
Hamilton K-12 Schools spends $11,709 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #50 in Montana.
What is the demographic composition of Hamilton K-12 Schools?
Hamilton K-12 Schools students are 86.9% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Hamilton K-12 Schools?
Hamilton K-12 Schools has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #50 out of 141 districts in Montana.