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Olney-Bissell Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending

Olney-Bissell Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 95 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 9.5 students per teacher is 4.7 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Olney-Bissell Elem".

At a glance

Schools
2
Students
95
Teachers (FTE)
10
Students per teacher
9.5
MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
Address
5955 Farm To Market Road, Whitefish, MT 59937
County
Flathead County
Locale
Rural: Distant
Grades offered
PK to 8
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
3010950
State district ID
MT-0342
Total staff (FTE)
18
School counselors (FTE)
0.0
School administrators (FTE)
1.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district9.5
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 (82), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$1.2 million
Federal revenue
$132,000
State revenue
$496,000
Local revenue
$537,000
Total spending
$1.1 million
Spending per pupil
$13,927
Salaries
$626,00054.8% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$79,000

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 11.3%
  • State: 42.6%
  • Local: 46.1%

Montana overall

  • Federal: 18.6%
  • State: 39.3%
  • Local: 42.1%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$13,927
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826

Schools in Olney-Bissell Elementary School District

By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Bissell 7-8Middle7 to 81717.0
Bissell SchoolElementaryPK to 6789.8

Nearby and related

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.