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Vaughn Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Vaughn Elementary School District runs 3 public schools with 136 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is 2.9 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Vaughn Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 136
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 480 Central Avenue, Vaughn, MT 59487
- Phone
- (406)965-2232
- County
- Cascade County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3005850
- State district ID
- MT-0127
- Total staff (FTE)
- 28
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
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 (152), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $411,000
- State revenue
- $1.1 million
- Local revenue
- $523,000
- Total spending
- $2.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,263
- Salaries
- $1.1 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.4%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 26.0%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,263
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Vaughn Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hillcrest Colony Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Vaughn 6-8CEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 32 | 10.7 |
| Vaughn ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 93 | 11.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cascade County
- Great Falls Elementary School District 6,890 students
- Great Falls High School 2,960 students
- Belt Elementary School District 257 students
- Centerville Elementary School District 242 students
- Cascade Elementary School District 218 students
- Sun River Valley Elementary School District 154 students
- Ulm Elementary School District 114 students
- Cascade High School 111 students
- Belt High School 92 students
- Simms High School 91 students
- Centerville High School 73 students
- Mont Sch for Deaf Blind 35 students
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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.