School systems & governing boards · MT

Montana school systems.

Open the district record people actually need: schools, students, public money, official contacts, and governing people and elections wherever the source layer is live.

307school systems

389operating schools connected

42,186students in finance records

200complete 2019–2024 finance trends

187current board rosters

What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Montana school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 200 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$17,494Median of complete system records

Median change after inflation-3.7%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars

Median nominal change+18.2%Before the CPI-U adjustment

Aggregate enrollment change+20.1%Same complete systems in every year

Enrollment in consistently reporting systems200 systems in every year

Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

Useful school-system records

Montana school systems.

Montana school finance after inflation.

307 systems

Missoula County Public Schools

Moore Public Schools

North Star Public Schools

Noxon Public Schools

Park City Public Schools

Plains Public Schools

Polson Public Schools

Poplar Public Schools

Power Public Schools

Pryor Public Schools

Rapelje Public Schools

Red Lodge Public Schools

Reed Point Public Schools

Richey Public Schools

Rocky Boy Public Schools

Ronan Public Schools

Roundup Public Schools

S H Elem Dist 86

Saco Public Schools

Savage Public Schools

Shelby Public Schools

Shepherd Public Schools

Sheridan Public Schools

Shields Valley Public Schools

Sidney Public Schools

Stevensville Public Schools

Sun River Valley Schools

Thompson Falls Public Schools

Three Forks Public Schools

Troy Public Schools