An equity score of 6/100 ranks Three Forks H S #140 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,396 per pupil, Three Forks H S ranks #368 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
278
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$10,396
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Three Forks H S operates 1 public schools serving 278 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 Gallatin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,396 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.6% local, 46.3% state, and 0.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 6/100, ranked #140 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 251:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 9.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.9% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Three Forks High School, enrolling 251 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Three Forks High School accounts for 90.3% of all Three Forks H S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Three Forks H S a distant remainder — means Three Forks 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.
Three Forks H S student-counselor ratio is 251:1 — 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 Three Forks H S is typically wider than the Three Forks H S-aggregate figure suggests.
Three Forks H S chronic absenteeism rate is 9.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.