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Big Timber, Montana - 1 schools
At $21,030 per pupil, Sweet Grass County H S ranks #112 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
161
Total Enrollment
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$21,030
Per-Pupil Spending
High
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sweet Grass County H S operates 1 public schools serving 161 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Sweet Grass County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,030 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 63.9% local, 24.0% state, and 12.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 161:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.9% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sweet Grass Co High Schl, enrolling 161 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Sweet Grass Co High Schl accounts for 100.0% of all Sweet Grass County H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sweet Grass County H S a distant remainder — means Sweet Grass County H S-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Sweet Grass County H S student-counselor ratio is 161:1 — 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.
Sweet Grass County H S chronic absenteeism rate is 29.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Sweet Grass County H S is typically wider than the Sweet Grass County H S-aggregate figure suggests.
Sweet Grass County H S has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 161 students.
How much does Sweet Grass County H S spend per student?
Sweet Grass County H S spends $21,030 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Sweet Grass County H S?
Sweet Grass County H S students are 96.9% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.