At $27,486 per pupil, Powder River Co Dist H S ranks #62 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
74
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$27,486
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Powder River Co Dist H S operates 1 public schools serving 74 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 Powder River County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,486 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 39.4% local, 59.8% state, and 0.8% 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 70:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Powder River Co Dist High, enrolling 70 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Powder River Co Dist High accounts for 94.6% of all Powder River Co Dist H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Powder River Co Dist H S a distant remainder — means Powder River Co Dist 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.
Powder River Co Dist H S student-counselor ratio is 70:1 — 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.
Powder River Co Dist H S chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.