Great Falls Elementary
A public school district in Great Falls, Montana, with 17 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,890
- Students enrolled
- 462.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 958.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,146
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,890 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,360th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 2nd of 394 in Montana. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,146 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 17% 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
Great Falls Elementary spent $12,146 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,207 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 | $12,146 | $85.4 million | 7,032 |
| FY2022 | $12,418 | $88.3 million | 7,114 |
| FY2021 | $11,493 | $80.7 million | 7,026 |
| FY2020 | $9,810 | $71.3 million | 7,271 |
| FY2019 | $9,886 | $72.2 million | 7,303 |
| FY2018 | $9,485 | $69.3 million | 7,302 |
| FY2017 | $9,544 | $69.7 million | 7,306 |
| FY2016 | $9,424 | $68.3 million | 7,245 |
| FY2015 | $9,211 | $67.7 million | 7,354 |
| FY2014 | $9,040 | $65.2 million | 7,208 |
| FY2013 | $8,347 | $59.9 million | 7,171 |
| FY2012 | $8,421 | $60.0 million | 7,124 |
| FY2011 | $8,466 | $59.9 million | 7,076 |
| FY2010 | $7,536 | $53.3 million | 7,074 |
| FY2009 | $7,450 | $52.2 million | 7,011 |
| FY2008 | $7,876 | $54.8 million | 6,960 |
| FY2007 | $7,527 | $52.7 million | 7,004 |
| FY2006 | $6,393 | $46.3 million | 7,240 |
| FY2005 | $6,207 | $45.2 million | 7,284 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $25.2 million | 24.5% |
| State | $39.1 million | 38.0% |
| Local | $38.5 million | 37.5% |
| Total | $102.7 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
17 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| CORE School at Morningside Elementary | 297 |
| Chief Joseph School | 260 |
| East Middle School | 764 |
| Giant Springs Elementary | 431 |
| Lewis & Clark School | 338 |
| Lincoln School | 373 |
| Longfellow School | 263 |
| Loy School | 392 |
| Meadow Lark School | 527 |
| Mountain View School | 315 |
| North Middle School | 764 |
| Riverview School | 445 |
| Sacajawea School | 405 |
| Sunnyside School | 396 |
| Valley View School | 312 |
| West Elementary | 421 |
| Whittier School | 187 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Great Falls 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
- 3013040
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