At $19,763 per pupil, Willow Creek Elem ranks #139 of 393 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
38
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$19,763
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Willow Creek Elem operates 2 public schools serving 38 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Gallatin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,763 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 40.3% local, 48.1% state, and 11.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.5% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Willow Creek School, enrolling 33 students (79% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Willow Creek 7-8, at 9 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Willow Creek School accounts for 78.6% of all Willow Creek Elem student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Willow Creek Elem a distant remainder — means Willow Creek Elem-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. 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.
Willow Creek Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — 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 Willow Creek Elem is typically wider than the Willow Creek Elem-aggregate figure suggests.