Regular local school district · Dawson County
Dawson High School, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Dawson High School runs 1 public school with 318 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Dawson H S".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 318
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 900 N Merrill Ave, Glendive, MT 59330
- Phone
- (406)377-2555
- County
- Dawson County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3008340
- State district ID
- MT-0207
- Total staff (FTE)
- 43
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 318 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
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 (334), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $221,000
- State revenue
- $2.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.2 million
- Total spending
- $4.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,135
- Salaries
- $2.1 million48.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.7%
- State: 47.6%
- Local: 47.7%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,135
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Dawson High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dawson High School | High | 9 to 12 | 318 | 14.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dawson County
- Glendive Elementary School District 753 students
- Richey Elementary School District 56 students
- Richey High School 22 students
- Deer Creek Elementary School District 18 students
- Bloomfield Elementary School District 8 students
- Lindsay Elementary School District 7 students
- Dawson
- Prairie View Coop
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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.