Enrollment
13
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Wolf Creek, MT
Auchard Creek School
Federal NCES profile for Auchard Creek School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 300249000026
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Auchard Creek School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.
- 30
- Resource Index · Lower
- 13
- students enrolled
School address
District: Auchard Creek Elem · Montana
NCES ID 300249000026 Verify on NCES CCD record →
What stands out at Auchard Creek School
Auchard Creek School is a small combined-grade school in Wolf Creek, Montana, enrolling 13 students.
Enrollment of 13 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index trails 91% of the 826 Montana schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment) (diversity index 0/100).
Its district draws 48.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Among Wolf Creek's public schools, it stands alongside Wolf Creek School (7 students): Auchard Creek School is larger than that campus by headcount.
Auchard Creek Elem operates only this one school, so Auchard Creek School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Auchard Creek School compares
Auchard Creek School on the metrics families compare, against Montana and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Montana | Montana avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 13 | top 87% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
13
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Funding equity
$17,077
per pupil, district-wide
- below Montana avg of $19,282
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 100.0%
Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 0.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Auchard Creek School is less mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Auchard Creek Elem, which includes Auchard Creek School.
$17,077
Per student
-11%
vs Montana
Avg $19,282
+3%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 9.4%
State 42.6%
Federal 48.1%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools in Wolf Creek
1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Montana, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Auchard Creek School
How many students attend Auchard Creek School?
Auchard Creek School has 13 students enrolled. It is a public school in Wolf Creek, MT.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Auchard Creek School?
The largest demographic group at Auchard Creek School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Wolf Creek, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Auchard Creek School?
Auchard Creek School has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 1 factor: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
Is Auchard Creek School a good school?
Auchard Creek School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Auchard Creek Elem?
None reported; Auchard Creek Elem operates only Auchard Creek School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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