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Polson Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Polson Elementary School District runs 3 public schools with 1,075 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is 0.9 higher than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Polson Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,075
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 4th Avenue East, Polson, MT 59860
- Phone
- (406)883-6355
- County
- Lake County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3021060
- State district ID
- MT-0477
- Total staff (FTE)
- 148
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 269 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (1,132), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $22.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $6.4 million
- Local revenue
- $12.1 million
- Total spending
- $21.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,846
- Salaries
- $8.7 million40.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $230,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.5%
- State: 28.3%
- Local: 53.2%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,846
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Polson Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cherry Valley SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 243 | 12.8 |
| Linderman SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 355 | 16.1 |
| Polson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 477 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lake County
- Ronan Elementary School District 1,039 students
- Polson High School 517 students
- St Ignatius K-12 Schools 459 students
- Ronan High School 376 students
- Arlee Elementary School District 263 students
- Charlo Elementary School District 137 students
- Arlee High School 135 students
- Charlo High School 80 students
- Upper West Shore Elementary School District 46 students
- Valley View Elementary School District 35 students
- Swan Lake-Salmon Elementary School District 4 students
- Lake
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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.