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Belgrade, Montana - 1 schools
At $15,000 per pupil, Pass Creek Elem ranks #220 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,000
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pass Creek Elem operates 1 public schools serving 12 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 Gallatin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,000 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 31.4% local, 48.6% state, and 20.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pass Creek School, enrolling 14 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pass Creek School accounts for 100.0% of all Pass Creek Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pass Creek Elem a distant remainder — means Pass Creek 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.