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Superior, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Superior K-12 Schools #33 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,172 per pupil, Superior K-12 Schools ranks #277 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
324
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,172
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Superior K-12 Schools operates 3 public schools serving 324 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 Mineral County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,172 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 40.8% local, 41.9% state, and 17.4% 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 51/100, ranked #33 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 311.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 50.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.4% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Superior High School, with a diversity index of 28.0/100.
Its largest campus is Superior Elementary, enrolling 185 students (57% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Superior 7-8, at 43 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Superior Elementary accounts for 57.1% of all Superior K-12 Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Superior K-12 Schools a distant remainder — means Superior 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.
Superior K-12 Schools school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Superior K-12 Schools school enrollment ranges from 43 students (lowest) to 185 students (highest), a spread of 142 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.
Superior K-12 Schools student-counselor ratio is 311:1 — 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 Superior K-12 Schools is typically wider than the Superior K-12 Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Superior K-12 Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.6% — 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.
Superior K-12 Schools has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 324 students.
How much does Superior K-12 Schools spend per student?
Superior K-12 Schools spends $13,172 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #33 in Montana.
What is the demographic composition of Superior K-12 Schools?
Superior K-12 Schools students are 89.4% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Superior K-12 Schools?
Superior K-12 Schools has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #33 out of 141 districts in Montana.