Noxon Elementary

Public school district · Sanders County · Montana · NCES district ID 3000090

Noxon Elementary spent $22,068 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 71% of the other Montana districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,778). Its 2 schools enrolled 90 students in 2024-25; 26.4% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $22,031 per student, down 0.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Montana districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Noxon Elementary in enrollment (101 to 105 students) and Noxon Elementary itself.

Current spending per student, Montana districts closest in size to Noxon Elementary, FY23Brockton Elementary $30,876; Stanford K-12 Schools $23,057; Noxon Elementary $22,068; Custer K-12 Schools $21,105; Simms High School $20,257; Choteau High School $19,476; Cascade High School $16,683; Park City High School $15,441; Potomac Elementary $15,200; Olney-Bissell Elementary $12,724; State median, under 1,000 students $16,778.10k20k30k40kBrockton Elementary$30,876Stanford K-12 Schools$23,057Noxon Elementary$22,068Custer K-12 Schools$21,105Simms High School$20,257Choteau High School$19,476Cascade High School$16,683Park City High School$15,441Potomac Elementary$15,200Olney-Bissell Elementary$12,724State median, under 1,000 students $16,778
Current spending per student, Montana districts closest in size to Noxon Elementary, FY23Brockton Elementary $30,876; Stanford K-12 Schools $23,057; Noxon Elementary $22,068; Custer K-12 Schools $21,105; Simms High School $20,257; Choteau High School $19,476; Cascade High School $16,683; Park City High School $15,441; Potomac Elementary $15,200; Olney-Bissell Elementary $12,724; State median, under 1,000 students $16,778.10k20k30k40kBrockton Elementary$30,876Stanford K-12 Schools$23,057Noxon Elementary$22,068Custer K-12 Schools$21,105Simms High School$20,257Choteau High School$19,476Cascade High School$16,683Park City High School$15,441Potomac Elementary$15,200Olney-Bissell Elementary$12,724State median, under 1,000 students $16,778
Current spending per student, Montana districts closest in size to Noxon Elementary, FY23Brockton Elementary $30,876; Stanford K-12 Schools $23,057; Noxon Elementary $22,068; Custer K-12 Schools $21,105; Simms High School $20,257; Choteau High School $19,476; Cascade High School $16,683; Park City High School $15,441; Potomac Elementary $15,200; Olney-Bissell Elementary $12,724; State median, under 1,000 students $16,778.10k20k30k40kBrockton Elementary$30,876Stanford K-12 Schools$23,057Noxon Elementary$22,068Custer K-12 Schools$21,105Simms High School$20,257Choteau High School$19,476Cascade High School$16,683Park City High School$15,441Potomac Elementary$15,200Olney-Bissell Elementary$12,724State median, under 1,000 students $16,778
Current spending per student, Montana districts closest in size to Noxon Elementary, FY23Brockton Elementary $30,876; Stanford K-12 Schools $23,057; Noxon Elementary $22,068; Custer K-12 Schools $21,105; Simms High School $20,257; Choteau High School $19,476; Cascade High School $16,683; Park City High School $15,441; Potomac Elementary $15,200; Olney-Bissell Elementary $12,724; State median, under 1,000 students $16,778.10k20k30k40kBrockton Elementary$30,876Stanford K-12 Schools$23,057Noxon Elementary$22,068Custer K-12 Schools$21,105Simms High School$20,257Choteau High School$19,476Cascade High School$16,683Park City High School$15,441Potomac Elementary$15,200Olney-Bissell Elementary$12,724State median, under 1,000 students $16,778

Where the money came from

$2,304,000 in revenue: 26.4% state, 43.4% local and 30.2% federal. Total spending including $26,000 of capital outlay was $2,313,000, or $22,456 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Noxon Elementary revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $608,000; Local $1,001,000; Federal $695,000; total $2,304,000.
  • State$608,000 26%
  • Local$1,001,000 43%
  • Federal$695,000 30%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 361 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

103 students in 2022-23, 98 students in 2023-24, 90 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Noxon Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 103, 2023-24: 98, 2024-25: 900501001502022-231032023-24982024-2590
Noxon Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 103, 2023-24: 98, 2024-25: 900501001502022-231032023-24982024-2590
Noxon Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 103, 2023-24: 98, 2024-25: 900501001502022-231032023-24982024-2590
Noxon Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 103, 2023-24: 98, 2024-25: 900501001502022-231032023-24982024-2590

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2310314.67.1
2023-249814.17.0
2024-259014.56.2

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Noxon Elementary scored proficient or above: 15-19% in reading and 10-14% in math, against 45.7% in reading and 35.2% in math across Montana. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Montana, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtMontanaStudents tested
Reading and language arts15-19%45.7%71
Math10-14%35.2%70

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 62 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Noxon School626.1100.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 28 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Noxon 7-8286.492.9%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Noxon Elementary

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Noxon Elementary

  1. Montana districts by spending per studentNoxon Elementary ranks 104 of 361 Montana districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($22,068).#104 of 361
  2. Every school district in MontanaNoxon Elementary is the number 216 by size of 398 Montana districts, with 103 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#216 of 398
  3. Brockton ElementaryThe next larger Montana district: 105 students in fall 2022, $30,876 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$30,876
  4. Park City High SchoolThe next smaller Montana district: 102 students in fall 2022, $15,441 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,441
  5. Compare Noxon Elementary with Brockton ElementaryEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Noxon Elementary

  1. How many schools and students are in Noxon Elementary?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 90 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Noxon Elementary spend per student?
    $22,068 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Montana median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,778 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $22,031 per student, down 0.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Noxon Elementary's money come from?
    $2,304,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 26.4% state, 43.4% local and 30.2% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Noxon Elementary live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 21 of the 114 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 18.4%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Noxon Elementary do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Noxon Elementary scored proficient or above: 15-19% in reading and 10-14% in math, against 45.7% in reading and 35.2% in math across Montana. Montana's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Noxon Elementary's NCES district ID?
    3000090. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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