Helena Elementary
A public school district in Helena, Montana, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,100
- Students enrolled
- 320.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 644
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,752
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,100 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,886th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,752 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 33% 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
Helena Elementary spent $13,752 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,257 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 | $13,752 | $71.9 million | 5,225 |
| FY2022 | $13,560 | $70.3 million | 5,181 |
| FY2021 | $12,570 | $64.4 million | 5,123 |
| FY2020 | $11,366 | $60.7 million | 5,338 |
| FY2019 | $10,956 | $57.8 million | 5,277 |
| FY2018 | $10,425 | $54.1 million | 5,185 |
| FY2017 | $10,177 | $53.0 million | 5,210 |
| FY2016 | $9,844 | $50.7 million | 5,150 |
| FY2015 | $9,688 | $50.3 million | 5,190 |
| FY2014 | $9,972 | $51.3 million | 5,149 |
| FY2013 | $9,838 | $50.1 million | 5,093 |
| FY2012 | $9,441 | $48.6 million | 5,143 |
| FY2011 | $9,722 | $49.7 million | 5,107 |
| FY2010 | $9,096 | $46.7 million | 5,136 |
| FY2009 | $8,704 | $44.4 million | 5,101 |
| FY2008 | $8,451 | $42.2 million | 4,990 |
| FY2007 | $7,755 | $38.4 million | 4,955 |
| FY2006 | $7,310 | $36.1 million | 4,944 |
| FY2005 | $7,257 | $35.8 million | 4,930 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $11.5 million | 14.7% |
| State | $30.6 million | 39.1% |
| Local | $36.1 million | 46.1% |
| Total | $78.2 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
16 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Broadwater School | 207 |
| Bryant School | 288 |
| C R Anderson Middle Schl | 962 |
| Central School | 242 |
| Four Georgians School | 482 |
| Hawthorne School | 183 |
| Helena Middle School | 701 |
| Helena Montessori Charter Schl | 198 |
| Jefferson School | 245 |
| Jim Darcy School | 473 |
| Kessler Elementary School | 235 |
| Mount Ascension Learning Ac Elementary | 0 |
| Mount Ascension Learning Ac MS | 22 |
| Rossiter School | 369 |
| Smith School | 217 |
| Warren School | 276 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Helena 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
- 3000005
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