Regular local school district · Powell County
Powell County High School, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Powell County High School runs 1 public school with 181 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 10.1 students per teacher is 4.1 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Powell County H S".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 181
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 10.1
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 709 Missouri Avenue, Deer Lodge, MT 59722
- Phone
- (406)846-2757
- County
- Powell County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3021450
- State district ID
- MT-0713
- Total staff (FTE)
- 25
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 181 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.1
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 (156), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $171,000
- State revenue
- $1.3 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $3.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,596
- Salaries
- $1.5 million43.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.4%
- State: 33.5%
- Local: 62.1%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,596
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Powell County High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Powell County High School | High | 9 to 12 | 181 | 10.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Powell County
- Deer Lodge Elementary School District 425 students
- Avon Elementary School District 26 students
- Ovando Elementary School District 21 students
- Elliston Elementary School District 19 students
- Garrison Elementary School District 17 students
- Helmville Elementary School District 13 students
- Gold Creek Elementary School District
- Great Divide Educ Serv
- Powell
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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.