North Star Elementary
A public school district in Rudyard, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 108
- Students enrolled
- 12.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 25.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,287
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 108 in 2024–25
- Ranks 16,380th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 202nd of 394 in Montana. Larger than 7% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,287 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 28% 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
North Star Elementary spent $13,287 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,410 in fiscal year 2006
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 | $13,287 | $2.0 million | 150 |
| FY2022 | $15,301 | $1.9 million | 123 |
| FY2021 | $14,622 | $1.9 million | 127 |
| FY2020 | $13,184 | $1.6 million | 125 |
| FY2019 | $11,667 | $1.5 million | 129 |
| FY2018 | $11,455 | $1.4 million | 123 |
| FY2017 | $11,956 | $1.4 million | 114 |
| FY2016 | $13,538 | $1.4 million | 106 |
| FY2015 | $11,568 | $1.4 million | 118 |
| FY2014 | $12,327 | $1.4 million | 110 |
| FY2013 | $11,902 | $1.3 million | 112 |
| FY2012 | $10,143 | $1.2 million | 119 |
| FY2011 | $9,797 | $1.2 million | 118 |
| FY2010 | $11,000 | $1.2 million | 110 |
| FY2009 | $12,557 | $1.2 million | 97 |
| FY2008 | $12,800 | $1.2 million | 90 |
| FY2007 | $10,800 | $1.1 million | 105 |
| FY2006 | $10,410 | $1.1 million | 105 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $324.0 thousand | 14.4% |
| State | $662.0 thousand | 29.4% |
| Local | $1.3 million | 56.1% |
| Total | $2.2 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| North Star 7-8 | 25 |
| North Star School | 83 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- North Star 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
- 3000096
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 2006 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 2006 to 2023.
Data retrieved