Great Falls High School
A public school district in Great Falls, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,960
- Students enrolled
- 189.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 361.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,583
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,960 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,310th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 81% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,583 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 6% 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 High School spent $10,583 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,982 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 | $10,583 | $32.8 million | 3,095 |
| FY2022 | $10,688 | $33.5 million | 3,130 |
| FY2021 | $10,546 | $31.4 million | 2,981 |
| FY2020 | $10,472 | $30.8 million | 2,943 |
| FY2019 | $10,696 | $30.6 million | 2,864 |
| FY2018 | $10,563 | $30.2 million | 2,855 |
| FY2017 | $10,507 | $30.9 million | 2,944 |
| FY2016 | $10,108 | $29.9 million | 2,963 |
| FY2015 | $9,869 | $29.4 million | 2,982 |
| FY2014 | $9,655 | $29.2 million | 3,029 |
| FY2013 | $10,633 | $31.6 million | 2,975 |
| FY2012 | $10,551 | $32.5 million | 3,078 |
| FY2011 | $10,815 | $34.1 million | 3,152 |
| FY2010 | $12,573 | $41.1 million | 3,265 |
| FY2009 | $10,670 | $36.0 million | 3,377 |
| FY2008 | $8,468 | $29.4 million | 3,470 |
| FY2007 | $8,100 | $29.5 million | 3,646 |
| FY2006 | $8,556 | $31.0 million | 3,618 |
| FY2005 | $7,982 | $28.9 million | 3,623 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.2 million | 3.0% |
| State | $19.4 million | 46.9% |
| Local | $20.7 million | 50.1% |
| Total | $41.3 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 |
|---|---|
| C M Russell High School | 1,412 |
| Great Falls High School | 1,548 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Great Falls H S
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Grade 9 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3013050
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