At $14,826 per pupil, Roundup High School ranks #228 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
172
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,826
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Roundup High School operates 1 public schools serving 172 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $14,826 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 54.5% local, 44.9% state, and 0.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 156:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.7% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Roundup H S, enrolling 156 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (172 to 171 students, -0.6%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,715,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 54% went to instruction, 39.9% to support services, and 0.4% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Roundup H S accounts for 90.7% of all Roundup High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Roundup High School a distant remainder — means Roundup High School-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. 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 High School student-counselor ratio is 156:1 — 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.
Roundup High School chronic absenteeism rate is 34.0% — 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.
Roundup High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 172 students.
How much does Roundup High School spend per student?
Roundup High School spends $14,826 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Roundup High School?
Roundup High School students are 91.7% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.