Montana · NCES F-33 finance data

School Spending in Montana

Schools in Montana ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure, limited to schools with 50 or more students.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The spending picture in one line

Frazer Elementary tops the list: its district, Frazer Elem, spends $37,758 per student, against a Montana average of $19,859.

$37,758
per-student spend in Frazer Elem: $19,859
Montana average: $17,658
national average

Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2022-23). Schools in the same district share the same figure.

#	School	District	Students	Per Student
1	Frazer ElementaryFrazer · other	Frazer Elem	63	$37,758
2	Colstrip High SchoolColstrip · high	Colstrip H S	155	$33,940
3	Plenty Coups High SchoolPryor · high	Plenty Coups H S	64	$32,362
4	Plevna SchoolPlevna · other	Plevna K-12 Schools	60	$31,358
5	Barbara Gilligan SchoolBrockton · other	Brockton Elem	76	$30,876
6	North Star High SchoolRudyard · high	North Star Hs	56	$30,396
7	Ashland SchoolAshland · other	Ashland Elem	71	$29,963
8	Heart Butte ElementaryHeart Butte · other	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	60	$29,918
9	Gardiner High SchoolGardiner · high	Gardiner H S	55	$28,786
10	Shields Valley High SchlClyde Park · high	Shields Valley H S	59	$28,520
11	Bainville SchoolBainville · other	Bainville K-12 Schools	108	$27,911
12	Lodge Pole SchoolHays · other	Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls	144	$27,782
13	Hays-Lodge Pole High SchHays · high	Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls	84	$27,782
14	Shelby High SchoolShelby · high	Shelby H S	143	$27,708
15	Arrow Creek Elem SchoolPryor · other	Pryor Elem	55	$27,521
16	Powder River Co Dist HighBroadus · high	Powder River Co Dist H S	70	$27,486
17	Sheridan High SchoolSheridan · high	Sheridan H S	58	$27,067
18	Sunburst ElementarySunburst · other	Sunburst K-12 Schools	57	$26,736
19	Circle High SchoolCircle · high	Circle H S	74	$26,415
20	Lame Deer High SchoolLame Deer · high	Lame Deer H S	170	$26,308
21	Garfield Co Dist HsJordan · high	Garfield County H S	57	$25,909
22	Wyola ElementaryWyola · other	Wyola Elem	62	$25,693
23	Lodge Grass High SchoolLodge Grass · high	Lodge Grass H S	174	$25,645
24	Fairview High SchoolFairview · high	Fairview H S	92	$24,922
25	Chester-Joplin-Inverness HsChester · high	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hs	54	$24,785
26	Box Elder High SchoolBox Elder · high	Box Elder H S	86	$24,667
27	Wibaux Elementary SchoolWibaux · other	Wibaux K-12 Schools	85	$23,715
28	Noxon High SchoolNoxon · high	Noxon H S	56	$23,612
29	Stanford SchoolStanford · other	Stanford K-12 Schools	54	$23,057
30	Poplar SchoolPoplar · other	Poplar Elem	329	$22,549
31	Poplar 5-6 SchoolPoplar · elementary	Poplar Elem	124	$22,549
32	Poplar 7-8Poplar · middle	Poplar Elem	117	$22,549
33	Culbertson High SchoolCulbertson · high	Culbertson H S	77	$22,532
34	Frontier SchoolWolf Point · other	Frontier Elem	108	$22,488
35	Hysham SchoolHysham · other	Hysham K-12 Schools	53	$22,304
36	Fort Benton High SchoolFort Benton · high	Fort Benton H S	112	$22,131
37	Sweet Grass Co High SchlBig Timber · high	Sweet Grass County H S	161	$22,106
38	Noxon SchoolNoxon · other	Noxon Elem	62	$22,068
39	Lambert SchoolLambert · other	Lambert Elem	66	$21,975
40	Browning Middle SchoolBrowning · middle	Browning Elem	368	$21,449
41	Kw-Vc ElementaryBrowning · other	Browning Elem	328	$21,449
42	Napi SchoolBrowning · elementary	Browning Elem	278	$21,449
43	Browning ElementaryBrowning · elementary	Browning Elem	258	$21,449
44	St Regis SchoolSt Regis · other	St Regis K-12 Schools	105	$21,374
45	St Regis High SchoolSt Regis · high	St Regis K-12 Schools	54	$21,374
46	Box Elder SchoolBox Elder · other	Box Elder Elem	232	$21,294
47	Box Elder 7-8Box Elder · middle	Box Elder Elem	66	$21,294
48	Rocky Boy SchoolBox Elder · other	Rocky Boy Elem	348	$21,245
49	Rocky Boy 7-8Box Elder · middle	Rocky Boy Elem	73	$21,245
50	Absarokee High SchoolAbsarokee · high	Absarokee H S	74	$21,197
51	Troy High SchoolTroy · high	Troy H S	132	$20,961
52	Ekalaka Elementary SchoolEkalaka · other	Ekalaka Elem	69	$20,864
53	Centerville High SchoolSand Coulee · high	Centerville H S	73	$20,406
54	Lame Deer SchoolLame Deer · other	Lame Deer Elem	278	$20,335
55	Lame Deer 7-8Lame Deer · middle	Lame Deer Elem	75	$20,335
56	Simms High SchoolSimms · high	Simms H S	91	$20,257
57	Forsyth High SchoolForsyth · high	Forsyth H S	103	$20,192
58	Arlee ElementaryArlee · other	Arlee Elem	206	$20,185
59	Arlee 7-8Arlee · middle	Arlee Elem	57	$20,185
60	White Sulphur Springs ElWhite Sulphur Springs · other	White Sulphur Spgs K-12	91	$20,168
61	White Sulphur Springs HsWhite Sulphur Springs · high	White Sulphur Spgs K-12	54	$20,168
62	Fairfield High SchoolFairfield · high	Fairfield H S	107	$20,069
63	Chinook High SchoolChinook · high	Chinook H S	115	$19,939
64	Desmet SchoolMissoula · other	Desmet Elem	90	$19,614
65	Hot Springs SchoolHot Springs · other	Hot Springs K-12	111	$19,542
66	Hot Springs High SchoolHot Springs · high	Hot Springs K-12	60	$19,542
67	Choteau High SchoolChoteau · high	Choteau H S	109	$19,476
68	Bridger Elementary SchoolBridger · other	Bridger K-12 Schools	114	$19,357
69	Bridger High SchoolBridger · high	Bridger K-12 Schools	58	$19,357
70	Powell County High SchoolDeer Lodge · high	Powell County H S	181	$19,242
71	Longfellow SchoolBaker · elementary	Baker K-12 Schools	158	$19,184
72	Baker High SchoolBaker · high	Baker K-12 Schools	133	$19,184
73	Lincoln SchoolBaker · other	Baker K-12 Schools	101	$19,184
74	Baker 7-8Baker · middle	Baker K-12 Schools	72	$19,184
75	Pine Butte Elementary SchColstrip · other	Colstrip Elem	217	$19,131
76	Frank Brattin Middle SchlColstrip · middle	Colstrip Elem	119	$19,131
77	Hillcrest SchoolHarlowton · other	Harlowton K-12	195	$19,101
78	Harlowton High SchoolHarlowton · high	Harlowton K-12	66	$19,101
79	Lodge Grass SchoolLodge Grass · other	Lodge Grass Elem	175	$18,982
80	Lodge Grass 7-8Lodge Grass · middle	Lodge Grass Elem	55	$18,982
81	Drummond High SchoolDrummond · high	Drummond H S	70	$18,667
82	Poplar High SchoolPoplar · high	Poplar H S	275	$18,170
83	Fairview SchoolFairview · other	Fairview Elem	134	$18,170
84	Fairview 7-8Fairview · middle	Fairview Elem	59	$18,170
85	Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln · other	Lincoln K-12 Schools	88	$18,141
86	Belt High SchoolBelt · high	Belt H S	92	$17,956
87	Absarokee SchoolAbsarokee · other	Absarokee Elem	79	$17,935
88	Highwood SchoolHighwood · other	Highwood K-12	62	$17,778
89	Broadus SchoolBroadus · other	Broadus Elem	129	$17,707
90	Sidney High SchoolSidney · high	Sidney H S	355	$17,424
91	Alberton SchoolAlberton · other	Alberton K-12 Schools	89	$17,331
92	W F Morrison SchoolTroy · other	Troy Elem	158	$17,314
93	Troy 7-8Troy · middle	Troy Elem	77	$17,314
94	F E Miley SchoolBig Sandy · other	Big Sandy K-12	94	$17,299
95	Big Sandy High SchoolBig Sandy · high	Big Sandy K-12	59	$17,299
96	Culbertson SchoolCulbertson · other	Culbertson Elem	124	$17,251
97	Culbertson Junior HighCulbertson · middle	Culbertson Elem	72	$17,251
98	Victor SchoolVictor · other	Victor K-12 Schools	132	$17,242
99	Victor High SchoolVictor · high	Victor K-12 Schools	74	$17,242
100	Broadview High SchoolBroadview · high	Broadview H S	50	$17,232

Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.

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