School district · Montana

Helena Elem

Helena Elem in Montana: 16 public schools with 5,100 students and 15.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,260 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 16
Students: 5,100
Students per teacher: 15.9; MT 13.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,260; MT $13.5K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 320
Counselors (FTE): 15.8
Students per counselor: 324; MT 277 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 8.0; Librarians (FTE): 14.2

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.7K15

$9.8K16

$10.2K17

$10.4K18

$11.0K19

$11.4K20

$12.6K21

$13.6K22

$13.8K23

$13.3K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 8.8% · $6.9M
State: 39% · $30.9M
Local: 52% · $40.6M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,283
Support services: $5,003
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $867K
Long-term debt: $55.9M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 13Middle schools: 3

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Broadwater SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	207	12.5	Helena
Bryant SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	288	14.1	Helena
Central SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	242	13.9	Helena
Four Georgians School	Pre-K–5	482	16.9	Helena
Hawthorne School	Pre-K–5	183	13.8	Helena
Helena Montessori Charter Schl	K–5	198	17.8	Helena
Jefferson School	Pre-K–5	245	19.2	Helena
Jim Darcy School	Pre-K–5	473	18.8	Helena
Kessler Elementary School	Pre-K–5	235	13.2	Helena
Mount Ascension Learning Ac ELMostly virtual	K–5	0	—	Helena
Rossiter School	Pre-K–5	369	17.4	Helena
Smith School	Pre-K–5	217	13.5	Helena
Warren SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	276	15.5	Helena
C R Anderson Middle Schl	6–8	962	16.4	Helena
Helena Middle School	6–8	701	17.1	Helena
Mount Ascension Learning Ac MSMostly virtual	6–8	22	13.0	Helena

Sources

Address: 1325 Poplar Street, Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406)324-2001

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).