At $20,168 per pupil, White Sulphur Spgs K-12 ranks #133 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
185
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,168
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
White Sulphur Spgs K-12 operates 3 public schools serving 185 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 Meagher County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,168 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 56.5% local, 33.2% state, and 10.3% 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 69.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.1% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is White Sulphur Springs Hs, with a diversity index of 26.2/100.
Its largest campus is White Sulphur Springs El, enrolling 91 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is White Sulphur Springs 7-8, at 20 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
White Sulphur Springs El accounts for 49.2% of all White Sulphur Spgs K-12 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of White Sulphur Spgs K-12 a distant remainder — means White Sulphur Spgs K-12-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
White Sulphur Spgs K-12 school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
White Sulphur Spgs K-12 school enrollment ranges from 20 students (lowest) to 91 students (highest), a spread of 71 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.
White Sulphur Spgs K-12 student-counselor ratio is 70:1 — 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.
White Sulphur Spgs K-12 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.