An equity score of 74/100 ranks Heart Butte K-12 Schools #1 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $29,918 per pupil, Heart Butte K-12 Schools ranks #51 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
208
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$29,918
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Heart Butte K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 208 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 Pondera County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,918 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 12.1% local, 30.4% state, and 57.5% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #1 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 132.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 0.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Heart Butte High School, with a diversity index of 4.7/100.
Its largest campus is Heart Butte Elementary, enrolling 60 students (50% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Heart Butte 6-8, at 18 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Heart Butte Elementary accounts for 28.8% of all Heart Butte K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Heart Butte K-12 Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Heart Butte K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Heart Butte K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 60 students (highest), a spread of 42 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.
Heart Butte K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 132:1 — 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.