At $25,500 per pupil, Pine Grove Elem ranks #80 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$25,500
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pine Grove Elem operates 1 public schools serving 6 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 Garfield County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,500 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.6% local, 52.6% state, and 31.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pine Grove School, enrolling 8 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pine Grove School accounts for 100.0% of all Pine Grove Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pine Grove Elem a distant remainder — means Pine Grove Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.