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Lockwood, Montana - 4 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Lockwood K-12 #76 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,267 per pupil, Lockwood K-12 ranks #309 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,718
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,267
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lockwood K-12 operates 4 public schools serving 1,718 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined, 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 Yellowstone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,267 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 43.9% local, 35.6% state, and 20.4% 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 35/100, ranked #76 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 326:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.2% White, 13.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lockwood Middle School, with a diversity index of 45.3/100.
Its largest campus is Lockwood High School, enrolling 552 students (35% of the district's total enrollment).
Lockwood High School accounts for 32.1% of all Lockwood K-12 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lockwood K-12-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Lockwood K-12 student-counselor ratio is 326:1 — 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 Lockwood K-12 is typically wider than the Lockwood K-12-aggregate figure suggests.
Lockwood K-12 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.6% — 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.