Elementary · Montana
Emerson School
Free meals for allEmerson School, a public elementary school in Butte, Montana: grades pre-k–6, 389 students, 15.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Butte Elem.
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
- 389
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.7
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 12.1 · 418 schools compared
More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 120 · 421 schools compared
Smaller than 55% 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%38%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 56% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 41% · 273 elementary schools compared
204 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Montana: 37%17%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 36% · 288 elementary schools compared
204 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 town
- Run by
- Butte Elem
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Butte Elem.
Location
- Address
- 1924 Phillips Ave, Butte, MT 59701
- Phone
- (406)533-2800
- City or town
- Butte-Silver Bow
- County
- Silver Bow County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whittier SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 383 | 15.5 | 51% | 62% |
| Pre-K–6 | 412 | 19.0 | 54% | 59% | |
West Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 503 | 16.3 | 35% | 27% |
Margaret Leary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 359 | 16.0 | 37% | 45% |
Kennedy SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 219 | 13.2 | 23% | 15% |
| Pre-K–5 | 116 | 16.5 | 38% | 28% |
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
- 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).
- 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.
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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