Big Timber Elementary
A public school district in Big Timber, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 291
- Students enrolled
- 21.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 43.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,852
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 291 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,542nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 107th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 23% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,852 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 8% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Big Timber Elementary spent $10,852 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,509 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $10,852 | $3.5 million | 318 |
| FY2022 | $9,811 | $3.3 million | 333 |
| FY2021 | $10,538 | $3.0 million | 286 |
| FY2020 | $9,319 | $2.9 million | 310 |
| FY2019 | $8,837 | $2.8 million | 319 |
| FY2018 | $8,684 | $2.7 million | 316 |
| FY2017 | $9,025 | $2.9 million | 319 |
| FY2016 | $8,082 | $2.7 million | 330 |
| FY2015 | $8,126 | $2.5 million | 310 |
| FY2014 | $10,895 | $3.3 million | 306 |
| FY2013 | $8,871 | $3.0 million | 333 |
| FY2012 | $7,584 | $2.4 million | 320 |
| FY2011 | $8,371 | $2.8 million | 329 |
| FY2010 | $8,110 | $2.7 million | 335 |
| FY2009 | $7,507 | $2.6 million | 351 |
| FY2008 | $6,923 | $2.5 million | 366 |
| FY2007 | $6,005 | $2.3 million | 383 |
| FY2006 | $6,484 | $2.4 million | 366 |
| FY2005 | $5,509 | $2.1 million | 375 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $329.0 thousand | 8.8% |
| State | $1.4 million | 37.7% |
| Local | $2.0 million | 53.5% |
| Total | $3.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Big Timber 7-8 | 69 |
| Big Timber School | 222 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Big Timber Elem
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 3003800
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Montana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Montana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Montana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved