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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Ophir Elementary School, Gallatin Gateway, MT

Ophir Elementary School is a public elementary school in Gallatin Gateway, part of Big Sky School K-12. It enrolled 169 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
169
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.1 higher than the district figure of 13.3. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4
District13.3
Montana14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
45465 Gallatin Rd-30 miles S. G.Gateway, Gallatin Gateway, MT 59730
Phone
(406)995-4281
District
Big Sky School K-12
County
Gallatin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
300065400604
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
8
Reduced-price lunch
4
Free or reduced-price lunch
127.1% 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Gallatin Gateway

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.