An equity score of 36/100 ranks Lewistown Elem #73 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,521 per pupil, Lewistown Elem ranks #340 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
888
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,521
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lewistown Elem operates 4 public schools serving 888 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 Fergus County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,521 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.4% local, 43.7% state, and 21.9% 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 36/100, ranked #73 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 348.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.3% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lewistown 7-8, with a diversity index of 29.7/100.
Its largest campus is Lewis & Clark School, enrolling 276 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Lewis & Clark School accounts for 31.1% of all Lewistown Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lewistown Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Lewistown Elem student-counselor ratio is 349:1 — 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 Lewistown Elem is typically wider than the Lewistown Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Lewistown Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 33.4% — 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.