At $29,571 per pupil, Spring Creek Elem ranks #52 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$29,571
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Spring Creek Elem operates 1 public schools serving 7 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Big Horn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,571 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.8% local, 26.7% state, and 19.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 33.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Spring Creek School, enrolling 3 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Spring Creek School accounts for 42.9% of all Spring Creek Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Spring Creek 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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Spring Creek Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 33.3% — 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.