School district · Montana
Lame Deer Elem
Lame Deer Elem in Montana: 2 public schools with 353 students and 15.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $20,496 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 353
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- MT 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $20,496
- 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)
- 23.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.3
- Students per counselor
- 1,412
- MT 277 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Montana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Montana: 43%3.1%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 97% of school districts in Montana
Median 42% · 210 school districts compared
225 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Montana: 37%4.4%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 95% of school districts in Montana
Median 36% · 219 school districts compared
226 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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.
- Federal
- 74% · $11.1M
- State
- 18% · $2.6M
- Local
- 8.1% · $1.2M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,624
- Support services
- $9,677
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $5.5M
- Long-term debt
- $429K
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lame Deer SchoolMostly virtualFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 278 | 14.6 | 2.0% | 6.8% |
Lame Deer 7-8Mostly virtualFree meals for all | 7–8 | 75 | 19.2 | 5.2% | 0.0% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 101 West Boundary St, Lame Deer, MT 59043
- Phone
- (406)477-6308
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.