At $19,082 per pupil, Roberts K-12 Schools ranks #152 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
122
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,082
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Roberts K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 122 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 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 Carbon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,082 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 23.3% local, 47.7% state, and 29.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.0% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Roberts High School, with a diversity index of 30.1/100.
Its largest campus is Roberts High School, enrolling 40 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Roberts High School accounts for 32.8% of all Roberts K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Roberts K-12 Schools-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Roberts K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Roberts K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 40 students (highest), a spread of 22 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Roberts K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Roberts K-12 Schools is typically wider than the Roberts K-12 Schools-aggregate figure suggests.