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Whitefish Elementary

Whitefish, Montana · Public school district · #21 of 30 Montana districts by enrollment

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1,318

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,322

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Montana median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Montana median 15.6

Whitefish Elementary is a public school district based in Whitefish, Montana, serving 1,318 students in 2 schools. By enrollment it ranks #21 of the 30 Montana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 659 students each, more than the Montana median of 399. It spends about $12,322 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How Whitefish Elementary compares

Whitefish ElementaryMontana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,322

Montana median $12,098 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,417

Montana median $7,417 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school659

Montana median 399 · 65% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Montana median 15.6 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor330

Montana median 329 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 33%Local 57%

Measure	Whitefish Elementary	Montana median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,322	$12,098	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,417	$7,417	FY2020-21
Total spending	$23.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	93	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	174	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	15.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	330	329	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Montana median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Montana

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Whitefish ElementaryWhitefish · this district	1,318	2	$12,322	14.2	#21
Frenchtown K-12 SchoolsFrenchtown	1,314	5	$10,831	13.5	#22
Havre ElementaryHavre	1,299	4	$11,951	18.0	#23
Browning ElementaryBrowning	1,280	7	$19,017	11.9	#24
Butte H SButte	1,266	1	$14,523	16.4	#25

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South Holland School District 151South Holland, IL	1,319	$16,823	13.2
Spirit Lake Community School DistrictSpirit Lake, IA	1,319	$11,137	15.2
Newfane Central School DistrictNewfane, NY	1,319	$23,045	11.0
Homedale Joint DistrictHomedale, ID	1,318	$7,993	18.8

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mt-whitefish-elementary