Whitefish High School
A public school district in Whitefish, Montana, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 618
- Students enrolled
- 43.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 73.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,611
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 618 in 2024–25
- Ranks 9,897th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 50th of 394 in Montana. Larger than 44% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,611 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 41% 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
Whitefish High School spent $14,611 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,213 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 | $14,611 | $8.5 million | 581 |
| FY2022 | $14,111 | $8.1 million | 576 |
| FY2021 | $13,893 | $8.2 million | 588 |
| FY2020 | $13,005 | $7.5 million | 579 |
| FY2019 | $13,645 | $7.2 million | 524 |
| FY2018 | $13,537 | $6.6 million | 484 |
| FY2017 | $13,915 | $6.7 million | 482 |
| FY2016 | $13,894 | $6.7 million | 480 |
| FY2015 | $12,692 | $6.3 million | 497 |
| FY2014 | $12,523 | $6.2 million | 497 |
| FY2013 | $12,686 | $6.1 million | 478 |
| FY2012 | $12,214 | $6.1 million | 500 |
| FY2011 | $12,459 | $6.1 million | 492 |
| FY2010 | $12,620 | $6.4 million | 510 |
| FY2009 | $12,113 | $6.7 million | 551 |
| FY2008 | $10,268 | $6.6 million | 641 |
| FY2007 | $8,872 | $6.2 million | 704 |
| FY2006 | $8,228 | $6.0 million | 725 |
| FY2005 | $7,213 | $5.4 million | 743 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $442.0 thousand | 4.6% |
| State | $2.8 million | 29.2% |
| Local | $6.4 million | 66.2% |
| Total | $9.7 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 |
|---|---|
| Whitefish High School | 618 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Whitefish H S
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Grade 9 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3027790
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