Cottonwood Elementary
A public school district in Havre, Montana, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 20
- Students enrolled
- 2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 5.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,240
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 20 in 2024–25
- Ranks 17,561st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 325th 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: $14,240 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 37% 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 $14,240 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,762 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 | $14,240 | $356.0 thousand | 25 |
| FY2022 | $13,926 | $376.0 thousand | 27 |
| FY2021 | $11,360 | $284.0 thousand | 25 |
| FY2020 | $13,941 | $237.0 thousand | 17 |
| FY2019 | $24,273 | $267.0 thousand | 11 |
| FY2018 | $16,789 | $319.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2017 | $19,632 | $373.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2016 | $10,774 | $334.0 thousand | 31 |
| FY2015 | $10,615 | $276.0 thousand | 26 |
| FY2014 | $11,542 | $277.0 thousand | 24 |
| FY2013 | $13,211 | $251.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2012 | $10,542 | $253.0 thousand | 24 |
| FY2011 | $11,684 | $222.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2010 | $12,588 | $214.0 thousand | 17 |
| FY2009 | $11,105 | $211.0 thousand | 19 |
| FY2008 | $16,533 | $248.0 thousand | 15 |
| FY2007 | $17,063 | $273.0 thousand | 16 |
| FY2006 | $13,000 | $286.0 thousand | 22 |
| FY2005 | $8,762 | $184.0 thousand | 21 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $108.0 thousand | 25.4% |
| State | $135.0 thousand | 31.7% |
| Local | $183.0 thousand | 43.0% |
| Total | $426.0 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 | 20 |
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
- 3014150
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