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Ronan, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Ronan Elem #31 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,324 per pupil, Ronan Elem ranks #307 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,105
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,324
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ronan Elem operates 3 public schools serving 1,105 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,324 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.8% local, 43.5% state, and 41.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #31 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 294.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 74.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 27.5% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pablo Elementary, with a diversity index of 67.9/100.
Its largest campus is Ronan Middle School, enrolling 432 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Ronan Middle School accounts for 39.1% of all Ronan Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ronan Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Ronan Elem student-counselor ratio is 294:1 — 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 Ronan Elem is typically wider than the Ronan Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Ronan Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 74.1% — 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.