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Bozeman, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 10/100 ranks Monforton Elem #138 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,674 per pupil, Monforton Elem ranks #391 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
669
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$8,674
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Monforton Elem operates 3 public schools serving 669 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Gallatin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,674 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.6% local, 41.3% state, and 11.1% 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 10/100, ranked #138 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 226.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.5% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Monforton 6-8, with a diversity index of 21.4/100.
Its largest campus is Monforton School, enrolling 254 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Monforton School accounts for 37.4% of all Monforton Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Monforton Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Monforton Elem student-counselor ratio is 226:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Monforton Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 19.2% — 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 Monforton Elem is typically wider than the Monforton Elem-aggregate figure suggests.