At $21,212 per pupil, Richey Elem ranks #115 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
52
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$21,212
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Richey Elem operates 2 public schools serving 52 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Dawson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,212 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 46.5% local, 44.7% state, and 8.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 56:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Richey School, enrolling 47 students (84% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Richey 7-8, at 9 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Richey School accounts for 83.9% of all Richey Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Richey Elem a distant remainder — means Richey 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.
Richey Elem student-counselor ratio is 56:1 — 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.
Richey Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 11.9% — 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.