Welcome to the School's Open Montana Project

Welcome to the School's Open Montana Project, an interactive resource center containing budget data for Montana's K-12 schools. This web site is a valuable tool for policymakers, school administrators, teachers, school board members, and taxpayers. Here, you will be able to search through District Summary pages to find current and historical data for any K-12 school in Montana. You will also be able to select and compare up to 5 school districts at one time.

Additionally, you can view each school district's response to the Montana Policy Institute's request for School District Employee Compensation information.

Please take the time to review our Usage Agreement before viewing the site.

The School's Open Montana Project is a resource that helps people to better understand K-12 education funding and property tax debates. Too often these issues are politicized to the point where the average person simply does not know the facts. We know where the politicians stand. But, what are the facts? This web site simply provides people with the facts.

The data on this web site comes directly from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Keep in mind that it was at one point entered into the system by a human, so you may find an occasional error. If you notice one, please contact the Montana Policy Institute by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

The School's Open Montana Project is an on-going project, which means that it will constantly be updated with new data and new features. To make sure you find out about any new data or features, join our mailing list.

I hope that you find this web site easy to use and helpful. Please feel free to contact me with any comments or questions you might have.

Sincerely,

Carl Graham
President
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