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Worden, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Huntley Project K-12 Schools #42 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,443 per pupil, Huntley Project K-12 Schools ranks #209 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Huntley Project K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 773 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 Yellowstone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,443 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 38.8% local, 34.1% state, and 27.2% 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 46/100, ranked #42 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 250.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 24.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.3% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Huntley Project Elem K-6, with a diversity index of 28.4/100.
Its largest campus is Huntley Project Elem K-6, enrolling 410 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Huntley Project 7-8, at 124 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Huntley Project Elem K-6 accounts for 53.0% of all Huntley Project K-12 Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Huntley Project K-12 Schools a distant remainder — means Huntley Project 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.
Huntley Project K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Huntley Project K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 410 students (highest), a spread of 286 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.
Huntley Project K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 250:1 — 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 Huntley Project K-12 Schools is typically wider than the Huntley Project K-12 Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Huntley Project K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 24.6% — 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 Huntley Project K-12 Schools is typically wider than the Huntley Project K-12 Schools-aggregate figure suggests.