Cottonwood Elementary
A public school district in Bozeman, Montana, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 16
- Students enrolled
- 2.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 2.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,000
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 16 in 2024–25
- Ranks 17,586th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 331st of 394 in Montana. Larger than 1% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,000 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 16% 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
Cottonwood Elementary spent $12,000 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $11,200 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 | $12,000 | $228.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2022 | $13,467 | $202.0 thousand | 15 |
| FY2021 | $14,235 | $242.0 thousand | 17 |
| FY2020 | $15,286 | $214.0 thousand | 14 |
| FY2019 | $16,077 | $209.0 thousand | 13 |
| FY2018 | $11,647 | $198.0 thousand | 17 |
| FY2017 | $14,067 | $211.0 thousand | 15 |
| FY2016 | $10,667 | $192.0 thousand | 18 |
| FY2015 | $8,263 | $157.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2014 | $8,000 | $176.0 thousand | 22 |
| FY2013 | $7,333 | $154.0 thousand | 21 |
| FY2012 | $8,813 | $141.0 thousand | 16 |
| FY2011 | $13,154 | $171.0 thousand | 13 |
| FY2010 | $12,500 | $150.0 thousand | 12 |
| FY2009 | $11,667 | $140.0 thousand | 12 |
| FY2008 | $9,357 | $131.0 thousand | 14 |
| FY2007 | $8,714 | $122.0 thousand | 14 |
| FY2006 | $5,938 | $95.0 thousand | 16 |
| FY2005 | $11,200 | $112.0 thousand | 10 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $36.0 thousand | 14.0% |
| State | $139.0 thousand | 53.9% |
| Local | $83.0 thousand | 32.2% |
| Total | $258.0 thousand |
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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cottonwood School | 16 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Cottonwood 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
- 3007500
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