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

Bigfork Public Schools

Billings Public Schools

Boulder Public Schools

Box Elder Public Schools

Bozeman Public Schools

Broadus Public Schools

Broadview Public Schools

Brockton Public Schools

Browning Public Schools

Butte Public Schools

Cascade Public Schools

Centerville Public Schools

Charlo Public Schools

Chester-Joplin-Inverness K-12 School District

Chinook Public Schools

Choteau Public Schools

Circle Public Schools

Colstrip Public Schools

Columbia Falls Public Schools

Columbus Public Schools

Conrad Public Schools

Culbertson Public Schools

Cut Bank Public Schools

Dawson Community College

Denton Public Schools

Drummond Public Schools

Ekalaka School District No. 15 & Co. Hs

Eureka Public Schools

Fairfield Public Schools

Fairview Public Schools