Montana · NCES F-33 finance data

Highest Spending Districts in Montana

The 50 Montana districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

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$23,537
Top per-pupil spend
$13,178
Avg across top 50
50
Districts listed

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Browning Elem spends $23,537 per student, the most of any Montana district listed, against an average of $13,178 across the top 50.

$23,537
top spend (Browning Elem)
$11,095
lowest on this list
2.1×
spread across the listed districts
1,266
students in the top district
# District Per-Pupil $
1 Browning Elem Browning $23,537
2 Poplar Elem Poplar $20,654
3 Wolf Point Elem Wolf Point $15,716
4 Anaconda Elem Anaconda $15,529
5 Hardin Elem Hardin $15,447
6 Huntley Project K-12 Schools Worden $15,443
7 Browning H S Browning $15,349
8 Butte H S Butte $15,132
9 Livingston Elem Livingston $15,061
10 Evergreen Elem Kalispell $14,266
11 Whitefish H S Whitefish $14,111
12 Polson H S Polson $13,826
13 Helena Elem Helena $13,560
14 Cut Bank Elem Cut Bank $13,475
15 Helena H S Helena $13,331
16 Columbia Falls H S Columbia Falls $13,247
17 Missoula H S Missoula $13,212
18 Malta K-12 Schools Malta $13,204
19 Glasgow K-12 Schools Glasgow $12,942
20 Glendive Elem Glendive $12,917
21 Missoula Elem Missoula $12,776
22 Laurel Elem Laurel $12,716
23 Lolo Elem Lolo $12,563
24 Havre H S Havre $12,544
25 Billings Elem Billings $12,537
26 Miles City Elem Miles City $12,469
27 Great Falls Elem Great Falls $12,418
28 Ronan Elem Ronan $12,324
29 Bozeman H S Bozeman $12,268
30 Lockwood K-12 Lockwood $12,267
31 Townsend K-12 Schools Townsend $12,223
32 Whitefish Elem Whitefish $12,144
33 Lewistown Elem Lewistown $12,033
34 Kalispell Elem Kalispell $12,023
35 Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls Florence $11,943
36 Havre Elem Havre $11,930
37 Hellgate Elem Missoula $11,930
38 Billings H S Billings $11,891
39 Libby K-12 Schools Libby $11,799
40 Hardin H S Hardin $11,741
41 Hamilton K-12 Schools Hamilton $11,709
42 Sidney Elem Sidney $11,705
43 Corvallis K-12 Schools Corvallis $11,701
44 Columbia Falls Elem Columbia Falls $11,667
45 Dillon Elem Dillon $11,553
46 Polson Elem Polson $11,418
47 Shepherd Elem Shepherd $11,221
48 Bozeman Elem Bozeman $11,190
49 Laurel H S Laurel $11,124
50 Somers Elem Somers $11,095

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Methodology

Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.

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