At $12,865 per pupil, Sheridan Elem ranks #297 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
170
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,865
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sheridan Elem operates 2 public schools serving 170 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 Madison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,865 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 33.3% local, 44.9% state, and 21.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 333.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.8% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sheridan Elementary Schl, enrolling 147 students (79% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sheridan 7-8, at 40 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sheridan Elementary Schl accounts for 78.6% of all Sheridan Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sheridan Elem a distant remainder — means Sheridan 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.
Sheridan Elem student-counselor ratio is 334:1 — 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 Sheridan Elem is typically wider than the Sheridan Elem-aggregate figure suggests.
Sheridan Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 14.4% — 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.