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Rosebud, Montana - 3 schools
At $30,068 per pupil, Rosebud K-12 ranks #42 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
46
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$30,068
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rosebud K-12 operates 3 public schools serving 46 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Rosebud County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $30,068 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 62.1% local, 31.7% state, and 6.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 36.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rosebud High School, with a diversity index of 23.1/100.
Its largest campus is Rosebud School, enrolling 30 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Rosebud School accounts for 50.0% of all Rosebud K-12 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rosebud K-12 a distant remainder — means Rosebud K-12-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Rosebud K-12 school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Rosebud K-12 school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 30 students (highest), a spread of 15 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.
Rosebud K-12 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.7% — 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.