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Havre, Montana - 4 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Havre Elem #93 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,930 per pupil, Havre Elem ranks #322 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,199
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,930
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Havre Elem operates 4 public schools serving 1,199 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Hill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,930 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 29.6% local, 43.1% state, and 27.3% 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 29/100, ranked #93 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 324.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 36.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.9% White, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lincoln-Mckinley School, with a diversity index of 56.0/100.
Its largest campus is Havre Middle School, enrolling 391 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Havre Middle School accounts for 30.1% of all Havre Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Havre Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Havre Elem student-counselor ratio is 325:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Havre Elem is typically wider than the Havre Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Havre Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 36.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.