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Harlem, Montana - 1 schools
At $26,714 per pupil, North Harlem Colony Elem ranks #53 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$26,714
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District-Level NCES Analysis
North Harlem Colony Elem operates 1 public schools serving 10 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Blaine County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,714 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.1% local, 55.8% state, and 37.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is North Harlem Elementary, enrolling 3 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
North Harlem Elementary accounts for 30.0% of all North Harlem Colony Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means North Harlem Colony Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
North Harlem Colony Elem student-counselor ratio is 3:1 — 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.