Regular local school district · Wheatland County
Harlowton K-12 School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Harlowton K-12 School District runs 3 public schools with 298 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.5 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Harlowton K-12".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 298
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 304 Division St, Harlowton, MT 59036
- Phone
- (406)632-4822
- County
- Wheatland County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3013470
- State district ID
- MT-0946
- Total staff (FTE)
- 53
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 298 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.5
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 (275), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $916,000
- State revenue
- $1.6 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $5.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,647
- Salaries
- $2.5 million49.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 32.1%
- Local: 49.3%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,647
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Harlowton K-12 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Harlowton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 66 | 9.4 |
| Hillcrest 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 37 | 18.5 |
| Hillcrest School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 195 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wheatland County
- Judith Gap Elementary School District 26 students
- Judith Gap High School 4 students
- Wheatland
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.