Mcleod Elem operates 1 public schools serving 5 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 8 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Sweet Grass County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $32,800 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 47.9% local, 33.7% state, and 18.3% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration.
a 800:1 student-counselor ratio, above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, . Demographically, the student body averages 62.5% White, 12.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Mcleod School accounts for 100.0% of all Mcleod Elem student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Mcleod Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Mcleod Elem student-counselor ratio is 800:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.