At $19,242 per pupil, Powell County H S ranks #148 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
186
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$19,242
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Powell County H S operates 1 public schools serving 186 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 Powell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,242 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 59.6% local, 31.9% state, and 8.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 181:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 38.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 2.2% Asian, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Powell County High School, enrolling 181 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Powell County High School accounts for 97.3% of all Powell County H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Powell County H S a distant remainder — means Powell County 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.
Powell County H S student-counselor ratio is 181:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Powell County H S chronic absenteeism rate is 38.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Powell County H S has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 186 students.
How much does Powell County H S spend per student?
Powell County H S spends $19,242 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Powell County H S?
Powell County H S students are 92.3% White, 2.2% Asian, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.