West Valley Elementary
A public school district in Kalispell, Montana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 806
- Students enrolled
- 44.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 80
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,310
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 806 in 2024–25
- Ranks 8,507th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 35th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 52% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,310 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
West Valley Elementary spent $10,310 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,697 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 | $10,310 | $7.9 million | 762 |
| FY2022 | $10,202 | $7.8 million | 766 |
| FY2021 | $9,827 | $7.0 million | 711 |
| FY2020 | $8,310 | $5.8 million | 704 |
| FY2019 | $8,478 | $5.5 million | 650 |
| FY2018 | $8,433 | $5.2 million | 614 |
| FY2017 | $8,672 | $5.1 million | 592 |
| FY2016 | $8,446 | $4.9 million | 578 |
| FY2015 | $7,535 | $4.4 million | 583 |
| FY2014 | $7,592 | $4.2 million | 549 |
| FY2013 | $7,321 | $3.8 million | 524 |
| FY2012 | $7,318 | $3.5 million | 485 |
| FY2011 | $7,274 | $3.4 million | 464 |
| FY2010 | $7,252 | $3.2 million | 436 |
| FY2009 | $7,099 | $2.9 million | 403 |
| FY2008 | $6,562 | $2.6 million | 390 |
| FY2007 | $6,569 | $2.4 million | 360 |
| FY2006 | $5,935 | $2.2 million | 369 |
| FY2005 | $5,697 | $2.0 million | 357 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $264.0 thousand | 3.1% |
| State | $4.3 million | 50.8% |
| Local | $3.9 million | 46.1% |
| Total | $8.4 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| West Valley Middle School | 372 |
| West Valley School | 434 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- West Valley 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
- 3027570
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