Regular local school district · Glacier County
Browning Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Browning Elementary School District runs 7 public schools with 1,280 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Browning Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 1,280
- Teachers (FTE)
- 108
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 129 1st Ave SE, Browning, MT 59417
- Phone
- (406)338-2715
- County
- Glacier County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3005140
- State district ID
- MT-0400
- Total staff (FTE)
- 561
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 213 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 204.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
Montana14.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,392), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.7 million
- State revenue
- $8.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.9 million
- Total spending
- $32.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,075
- Salaries
- $15.1 million46.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 62.9%
- State: 25.2%
- Local: 11.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,075
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Browning Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Babb SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 14 | 14.0 |
| Big Sky School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 22 | 11.0 |
| Browning ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 258 | 11.7 |
| Browning Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 368 | 12.7 |
| Glendale School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Napi SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 278 | 12.1 |
| Stamiksiitsiikin BullShoe ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 328 | 11.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Glacier County
- Browning High School 633 students
- Cut Bank Elementary School District 534 students
- Cut Bank High School 183 students
- East Glacier Park Elementary School District 45 students
- Mountain View Elementary School District 10 students
- Glacier
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.