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St Ignatius, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks St Ignatius K-12 Schools #7 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,672 per pupil, St Ignatius K-12 Schools ranks #188 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
480
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,672
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
St Ignatius K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 480 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,672 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.1% local, 38.5% state, and 39.4% 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 68/100, ranked #7 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 188.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.1% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is St Ignatius Middle School, with a diversity index of 62.9/100.
Its largest campus is St Ignatius Elementary School, enrolling 210 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
St Ignatius Elementary School accounts for 43.8% of all St Ignatius K-12 Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means St Ignatius 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.
St Ignatius K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 189:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
St Ignatius K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 54.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
St Ignatius K-12 Schools has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 high. Total enrollment is 480 students.
How much does St Ignatius K-12 Schools spend per student?
St Ignatius K-12 Schools spends $16,672 per student. The district has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #7 in Montana.
What is the demographic composition of St Ignatius K-12 Schools?
St Ignatius K-12 Schools students are 38.1% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for St Ignatius K-12 Schools?
St Ignatius K-12 Schools has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #7 out of 141 districts in Montana.