Regular local school district · Sanders County
Plains K-12 School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Plains K-12 School District runs 3 public schools with 404 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Plains K-12".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 404
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 412 Rittenour, Plains, MT 59859
- Phone
- (406)826-3666
- County
- Sanders County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3020850
- State district ID
- MT-0803
- Total staff (FTE)
- 63
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 202 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (450), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $991,000
- State revenue
- $3.8 million
- Local revenue
- $1.8 million
- Total spending
- $6.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,384
- Salaries
- $2.8 million40.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $112,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.2%
- State: 57.6%
- Local: 27.2%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,384
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Plains K-12 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Plains 7-8CEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 65 | 16.2 |
| Plains Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 218 | 13.6 |
| Plains High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 121 | 12.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sanders County
- Thompson Falls Elementary School District 308 students
- Hot Springs K-12 School District 197 students
- Thompson Falls High School 183 students
- Noxon Elementary School District 90 students
- Noxon High School 56 students
- Dixon Elementary School District 47 students
- Trout Creek Elementary School District 36 students
- Cabinet Mountain Cooperative
- Sanders
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.