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Swan River Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Swan River Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 158 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Swan River Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 158
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1205 Swan Highway 83, Bigfork, MT 59911
- Phone
- (406)837-4528
- County
- Flathead County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3025500
- State district ID
- MT-0309
- Total staff (FTE)
- 25
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 158 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
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 (179), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $265,000
- State revenue
- $1.0 million
- Local revenue
- $602,000
- Total spending
- $1.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,034
- Salaries
- $946,00052.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $470,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 54.6%
- Local: 31.5%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,034
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Swan River Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Swan River 6-8CEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 52 | 10.4 |
| Swan River SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 106 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Flathead County
- Kalispell Elementary School District 3,097 students
- Flathead High School 2,976 students
- Columbia Falls Elementary School District 1,505 students
- Whitefish Elementary School District 1,318 students
- West Valley Elementary School District 806 students
- Columbia Falls High School 691 students
- Evergreen Elementary School District 645 students
- Whitefish High School 618 students
- Bigfork Elementary School District 579 students
- Somers Elementary School District 534 students
- Bigfork High School 333 students
- Cayuse Prairie Elementary School District 311 students
- Helena Flats Elementary School District 293 students
- Smith Valley Elementary School District 190 students
- Kila Elementary School District 184 students
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.