Shepherd Elementary
A public school district in Shepherd, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 522
- Students enrolled
- 36
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 70.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,165
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 522 in 2024–25
- Ranks 10,753rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 60th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 39% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,165 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 5% 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
Shepherd Elementary spent $10,165 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,804 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 | $10,165 | $5.7 million | 562 |
| FY2022 | $11,221 | $5.8 million | 520 |
| FY2021 | $13,410 | $7.0 million | 522 |
| FY2020 | $9,780 | $5.7 million | 581 |
| FY2019 | $9,243 | $5.3 million | 571 |
| FY2018 | $8,890 | $5.3 million | 591 |
| FY2017 | $10,102 | $5.7 million | 569 |
| FY2016 | $8,540 | $4.9 million | 574 |
| FY2015 | $9,055 | $5.0 million | 549 |
| FY2014 | $7,955 | $4.6 million | 580 |
| FY2013 | $8,156 | $4.5 million | 551 |
| FY2012 | $8,000 | $4.3 million | 536 |
| FY2011 | $8,142 | $4.6 million | 562 |
| FY2010 | $8,064 | $4.5 million | 559 |
| FY2009 | $7,859 | $4.3 million | 547 |
| FY2008 | $7,529 | $4.1 million | 550 |
| FY2007 | $7,274 | $4.2 million | 576 |
| FY2006 | $6,766 | $3.9 million | 573 |
| FY2005 | $5,804 | $3.4 million | 592 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $762.0 thousand | 11.1% |
| State | $3.4 million | 49.7% |
| Local | $2.7 million | 39.3% |
| Total | $6.9 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 |
|---|---|
| Shepherd Elementary | 342 |
| Shepherd Middle School | 180 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Shepherd 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
- 3023940
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