An equity score of 30/100 ranks Roundup Elem #96 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,486 per pupil, Roundup Elem ranks #341 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
407
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$11,486
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Roundup Elem operates 2 public schools serving 407 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 Musselshell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,486 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.1% local, 31.9% state, and 28.9% 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 30/100, ranked #96 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 327:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.7% White, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Roundup Elementary, enrolling 298 students (77% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Roundup 7-8, at 89 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Roundup Elementary accounts for 73.2% of all Roundup Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Roundup Elem a distant remainder — means Roundup 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.
Roundup Elem student-counselor ratio is 327:1 — 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 Roundup Elem is typically wider than the Roundup Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Roundup Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 30.7% — 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.