Trout Creek Elementary
A public school district in Trout Creek, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 36
- Students enrolled
- 5.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 17
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,045
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 36 in 2024–25
- Ranks 17,383rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 301st of 394 in Montana. Larger than 2% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,045 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 77% 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
Trout Creek Elementary spent $21,045 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,595 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 | $21,045 | $1.4 million | 66 |
| FY2022 | $23,929 | $1.3 million | 56 |
| FY2021 | $20,158 | $1.1 million | 57 |
| FY2020 | $20,228 | $1.2 million | 57 |
| FY2019 | $19,469 | $1.2 million | 64 |
| FY2018 | $20,333 | $1.2 million | 57 |
| FY2017 | $30,578 | $1.4 million | 45 |
| FY2016 | $29,958 | $1.4 million | 48 |
| FY2015 | $18,066 | $1.4 million | 76 |
| FY2014 | $23,857 | $1.2 million | 49 |
| FY2013 | $23,809 | $1.1 million | 47 |
| FY2012 | $20,189 | $1.1 million | 53 |
| FY2011 | $22,745 | $1.2 million | 51 |
| FY2010 | $27,263 | $1.0 million | 38 |
| FY2009 | $19,510 | $995.0 thousand | 51 |
| FY2008 | $19,060 | $953.0 thousand | 50 |
| FY2007 | $15,845 | $919.0 thousand | 58 |
| FY2006 | $12,507 | $838.0 thousand | 67 |
| FY2005 | $10,595 | $784.0 thousand | 74 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $323.0 thousand | 21.8% |
| State | $355.0 thousand | 24.0% |
| Local | $804.0 thousand | 54.3% |
| Total | $1.5 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 |
|---|---|
| Trout Creek 7-8 | 4 |
| Trout Creek School | 32 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Trout Creek 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
- 3026520
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