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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schl, Chester, MT

Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schl is a public elementary school in Chester, part of Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District. It enrolled 124 students in 2024-25, with 13.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
124
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 3.1 higher than the district figure of 10.7. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.8
District10.7
Montana14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
101 School Street, Chester, MT 59522
Phone
(406)759-5477
District
Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District
County
Liberty County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
300009800178
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
59
Reduced-price lunch
12
Free or reduced-price lunch
7157.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.