Independent Elementary
A public school district in Billings, Montana, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 272
- Students enrolled
- 19.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 33.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,953
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 272 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,800th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 111th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 22% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,953 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 4% 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
Independent Elementary spent $9,953 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,045 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 | $9,953 | $3.0 million | 297 |
| FY2022 | $9,560 | $2.9 million | 302 |
| FY2021 | $9,754 | $2.8 million | 289 |
| FY2020 | $8,365 | $2.6 million | 310 |
| FY2019 | $8,655 | $2.7 million | 310 |
| FY2018 | $9,255 | $2.7 million | 294 |
| FY2017 | $8,925 | $2.6 million | 295 |
| FY2016 | $7,696 | $2.4 million | 316 |
| FY2015 | $7,312 | $2.3 million | 317 |
| FY2014 | $7,438 | $2.2 million | 299 |
| FY2013 | $7,195 | $2.1 million | 287 |
| FY2012 | $7,309 | $2.1 million | 285 |
| FY2011 | $6,906 | $2.1 million | 298 |
| FY2010 | $7,607 | $2.0 million | 267 |
| FY2009 | $6,700 | $1.8 million | 273 |
| FY2008 | $6,624 | $1.8 million | 266 |
| FY2007 | $5,126 | $1.4 million | 278 |
| FY2006 | $5,444 | $1.4 million | 259 |
| FY2005 | $5,045 | $1.3 million | 266 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $221.0 thousand | 6.5% |
| State | $1.8 million | 53.3% |
| Local | $1.4 million | 40.3% |
| Total | $3.4 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 |
|---|---|
| Independent School | 272 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Independent 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
- 3014820
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