Elementary · Montana

Shelby Elementary School

Shelby Elementary School, a public elementary school in Shelby, Montana: grades pre-k–5, 262 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Shelby 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
262
Teachers (FTE)
22.5
Students per teacher
11.6
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 12.1 · 418 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 71% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 120 · 421 schools compared

Smaller than 79% 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%

41%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 50% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 41% · 273 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Montana: 37%

38%proficient

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

A higher share proficient than 52% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 36% · 288 elementary schools compared

112 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–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Shelby Elem.

Location

Address
901 Valley Street, Shelby, MT 59474
Phone
(406)424-8910
City or town
Shelby

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–81414.0——
Pre-K–82814.0—0.0%
Pre-K–81515.0——
Pre-K–320911.830%21%
4–511815.134%16%
Pre-K–6587.427%33%

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

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.

NCES 302390000692