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Harrison, Montana - 3 schools
At $19,032 per pupil, Harrison K-12 Schools ranks #143 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$19,032
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Harrison K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 91 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 high 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 Madison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,032 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.8% local, 44.7% state, and 13.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 29.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harrison High School, with a diversity index of 44.4/100.
Its largest campus is Harrison School, enrolling 36 students (59% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Harrison High School, at 9 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Harrison School accounts for 39.6% of all Harrison K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Harrison K-12 Schools-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.
Harrison K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities
Harrison K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 36 students (highest), a spread of 27 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.
Harrison K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 29.6% — 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 Harrison K-12 Schools is typically wider than the Harrison K-12 Schools-aggregate figure suggests.