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

Flathead Valley Cmnty College

Forsyth Public Schools

Fort Benton Public Schools

Frazer Public Schools

Froid Public Schools

Gardiner Public Schools

Geyser Public Schools

Glendive Elem Dist 1 and Dawson High School

Grass Range Public Schools

Great Falls Public Schools

Hardin Public Schools

Harlem Public Schools

Harlowton Public Schools

Havre Public Schools

Helena Public Schools

Highwood Public Schools

Hinsdale Public Schools

Joliet Public Schools

Judith Gap Public Schools

Kalispell Public Schools

Lambert Public Schools

Lame Deer School District No. 6

Laurel Public Schools

Lewistown Public Schools

Livingston Public Schools

Lodge Grass Public Schools

Manhattan Public Schools

Melstone Public Schools

Miles City Public Schools

Miles Community College