Helena Flats Elementary
A public school district in Kalispell, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 293
- Students enrolled
- 18
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 32
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,157
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 293 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,510th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 106th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 24% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,157 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
Helena Flats Elementary spent $9,157 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,412 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 | $9,157 | $2.6 million | 280 |
| FY2022 | $8,793 | $2.4 million | 271 |
| FY2021 | $10,726 | $2.4 million | 223 |
| FY2020 | $9,188 | $2.1 million | 234 |
| FY2019 | $9,898 | $2.3 million | 235 |
| FY2018 | $8,996 | $2.2 million | 250 |
| FY2017 | $8,173 | $2.0 million | 249 |
| FY2016 | $8,917 | $1.9 million | 218 |
| FY2015 | $8,567 | $1.8 million | 215 |
| FY2014 | $9,010 | $1.8 million | 201 |
| FY2013 | $8,655 | $1.8 million | 203 |
| FY2012 | $7,717 | $1.6 million | 212 |
| FY2011 | $7,900 | $1.7 million | 211 |
| FY2010 | $8,038 | $1.7 million | 210 |
| FY2009 | $8,077 | $1.8 million | 222 |
| FY2008 | $7,107 | $1.7 million | 233 |
| FY2007 | $6,069 | $1.4 million | 232 |
| FY2006 | $6,426 | $1.3 million | 202 |
| FY2005 | $6,412 | $1.2 million | 194 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $422.0 thousand | 13.9% |
| State | $1.6 million | 54.4% |
| Local | $957.0 thousand | 31.6% |
| Total | $3.0 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 |
|---|---|
| Helena Flats 7-8 | 40 |
| Helena Flats School | 253 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Helena Flats 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
- 3013800
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