Elementary · Montana

Belfry School

Free meals for all

Belfry School, a public elementary school in Belfry, Montana: grades pre-k–6, 29 students, 7.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Belfry K-12 Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
29
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Students per teacher
7.2
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 12.1 · 418 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 120 · 421 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

17 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Montana: 37%

0.0%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 96% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 36% · 288 elementary schools compared

17 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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Belfry K-12 Schools.

Location

Address
200 Wisconsin, Belfry, MT 59008
Phone
(406)664-3319
City or town
Belfry

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Bridger Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–611411.5
Pre-K–519213.6
Roberts SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–6396.9
Fromberg SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–5316.5
K–5146.6
Luther SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–873.1

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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