Creston Elementary
A public school district in Kalispell, Montana, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 83
- Students enrolled
- 8.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 12.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $8,967
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 83 in 2024–25
- Ranks 16,747th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 231st of 394 in Montana. Larger than 5% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $8,967 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 2% 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
Creston Elementary spent $8,967 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,621 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 | $8,967 | $1.1 million | 121 |
| FY2022 | $9,181 | $1.1 million | 116 |
| FY2021 | $9,903 | $1.0 million | 103 |
| FY2020 | $7,873 | $929.0 thousand | 118 |
| FY2019 | $8,287 | $837.0 thousand | 101 |
| FY2018 | $9,253 | $805.0 thousand | 87 |
| FY2017 | $7,781 | $747.0 thousand | 96 |
| FY2016 | $8,096 | $672.0 thousand | 83 |
| FY2015 | $9,176 | $679.0 thousand | 74 |
| FY2014 | $7,511 | $676.0 thousand | 90 |
| FY2013 | $8,387 | $629.0 thousand | 75 |
| FY2012 | $7,273 | $640.0 thousand | 88 |
| FY2011 | $7,447 | $633.0 thousand | 85 |
| FY2010 | $7,816 | $680.0 thousand | 87 |
| FY2009 | $6,674 | $594.0 thousand | 89 |
| FY2008 | $7,149 | $529.0 thousand | 74 |
| FY2007 | $7,662 | $498.0 thousand | 65 |
| FY2006 | $7,091 | $468.0 thousand | 66 |
| FY2005 | $7,621 | $503.0 thousand | 66 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $116.0 thousand | 9.7% |
| State | $622.0 thousand | 51.8% |
| Local | $463.0 thousand | 38.6% |
| Total | $1.2 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Creston School | 83 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Creston 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 6
- NCES district ID
- 3007710
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