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Scobey, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Scobey K-12 Schools #101 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,835 per pupil, Scobey K-12 Schools ranks #224 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
286
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,835
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Scobey K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 286 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 Daniels County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,835 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 51.2% local, 37.6% state, and 11.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #101 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 92.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.4% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Scobey School, with a diversity index of 31.1/100.
Its largest campus is Scobey School, enrolling 152 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Scobey 7-8, at 45 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Scobey School accounts for 53.1% of all Scobey K-12 Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Scobey K-12 Schools a distant remainder — means Scobey K-12 Schools-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.
Scobey K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities
Scobey K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 45 students (lowest) to 152 students (highest), a spread of 107 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.
Scobey K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 92:1 — 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.
Scobey K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 11.7% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.