An equity score of 29/100 ranks Thompson Falls H S #99 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,373 per pupil, Thompson Falls H S ranks #243 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
201
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$14,373
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Thompson Falls H S operates 1 public schools serving 201 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 Sanders County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,373 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 50.2% local, 46.2% state, and 3.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 29/100, ranked #99 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 244:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.9% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Thompson Falls High Schl, enrolling 183 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Thompson Falls High Schl accounts for 91.0% of all Thompson Falls H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Thompson Falls H S a distant remainder — means Thompson Falls H S-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Thompson Falls H S student-counselor ratio is 244:1 — 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.
Thompson Falls H S chronic absenteeism rate is 43.7% — 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.