At $20,852 per pupil, Lavina K-12 Schools ranks #123 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
81
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,852
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lavina K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 81 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Golden Valley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,852 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 44.9% local, 38.8% state, and 16.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 27:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.1% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lavina High School, with a diversity index of 35.5/100.
Its largest campus is Lavina Elementary, enrolling 31 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Lavina Elementary accounts for 38.3% of all Lavina K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lavina 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.
Lavina K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 27:1 — 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.
Lavina K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 35.6% — 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.