Elementary · Montana

Southside School

Free meals for all

Southside School, a public elementary school in Wolf Point, Montana: grades pre-k–3, 214 students, 9.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wolf Point 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: 214
Teachers (FTE): 22.0
Students per teacher: 9.7
Grades: Pre-K–3; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 12.1 · 418 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 120 · 421 schools compared

Smaller than 86% 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%

18%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 41% · 273 elementary schools compared

62 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 54% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 36% · 288 elementary schools compared

63 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–3
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Wolf Point Elem

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

Location

Address: 415 4th Avenue South, Wolf Point, MT 59201
Phone: (406)653-1480
City or town: Wolf Point
County: Roosevelt County

Website Quality of life in Wolf Point Schools in Wolf Point

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
Frontier SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	108	12.2	28%	22%	3.9 mi
Frazer ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	63	6.9	13%	3.3%	18.7 mi
Vida School	Pre-K–8	43	14.3	—	60%	18.8 mi
Poplar SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	329	8.9	11%	6.5%	20.4 mi

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.

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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