Regular local school district · Lake County
Charlo Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Charlo Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 137 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.4 students per teacher is 2.8 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Charlo Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 137
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12
- Students per teacher
- 11.4
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 404 1st Ave West, Charlo, MT 59824
- Phone
- (406)644-2206
- County
- Lake County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3006112
- State district ID
- MT-1205
- Total staff (FTE)
- 16
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.4
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 (171), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $512,000
- State revenue
- $1.1 million
- Local revenue
- $384,000
- Total spending
- $2.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,702
- Salaries
- $1.0 million50.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 26.3%
- State: 54.1%
- Local: 19.7%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,702
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Charlo Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Charlo 6-8CEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 48 | 16.0 |
| Charlo ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 89 | 11.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lake County
- Polson Elementary School District 1,075 students
- Ronan Elementary School District 1,039 students
- Polson High School 517 students
- St Ignatius K-12 Schools 459 students
- Ronan High School 376 students
- Arlee Elementary School District 263 students
- Arlee High School 135 students
- Charlo High School 80 students
- Upper West Shore Elementary School District 46 students
- Valley View Elementary School District 35 students
- Swan Lake-Salmon Elementary School District 4 students
- Lake
More in Montana
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.