Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Fort Benton School, Fort Benton, MT

Fort Benton School is a public elementary school in Fort Benton, part of Fort Benton Elementary School District. It enrolled 162 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 162
Teachers (FTE): 11.0
Students per teacher: 14.7
Grades: PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 13.7. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7

District13.7

Montana14.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1406 Franklin, Fort Benton, MT 59442
Phone: (406)622-3761
District: Fort Benton Elementary School District
County: Chouteau County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 301124000306

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 52
Reduced-price lunch: 28
Free or reduced-price lunch: 8049.4% 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.

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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.