An equity score of 61/100 ranks Poplar H S #16 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,170 per pupil, Poplar H S ranks #159 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
276
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$18,170
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Poplar H S operates 1 public schools serving 276 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Roosevelt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,170 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 14.2% local, 34.5% state, and 51.3% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #16 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 275:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 69.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Poplar High School, enrolling 275 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Poplar High School accounts for 99.6% of all Poplar H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Poplar H S a distant remainder — means Poplar H S-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Poplar H S student-counselor ratio is 275:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Poplar H S is typically wider than the Poplar H S-aggregate figure suggests.
Poplar H S chronic absenteeism rate is 69.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.