Regular local school district · Stillwater County
Columbus High School, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Columbus High School runs 1 public school with 227 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 16.2 students per teacher is 2.0 higher than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Columbus H S".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 227
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 433 N 3rd St, Columbus, MT 59019
- Phone
- (406)322-5373
- County
- Stillwater County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3007200
- State district ID
- MT-0849
- Total staff (FTE)
- 71
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 227 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.2
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 (214), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $154,000
- State revenue
- $1.4 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $3.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,706
- Salaries
- $1.6 million46.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.0%
- State: 35.1%
- Local: 60.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,706
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Columbus High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Columbus High School | High | 9 to 12 | 227 | 16.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Stillwater County
- Columbus Elementary School District 456 students
- Park City Elementary School District 218 students
- Absarokee Elementary School District 120 students
- Park City High School 112 students
- Absarokee High School 74 students
- Rapelje Elementary School District 48 students
- Reed Point Elementary School District 39 students
- Fishtail Elementary School District 15 students
- Rapelje High School 12 students
- Reed Point High School 11 students
- Nye Elementary School District 4 students
- Molt Elementary School District
- Stillwater
- Stillwater/Swt Grass Coop
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.