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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Rau School, Sidney, MT

Rau School is a public elementary school in Sidney, part of Rau Elementary School District. It enrolled 70 students in 2024-25, with 10.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
70
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Students per teacher
10.0
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 10.0. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.0
District10.0
Montana14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
12138 County Rd 350, Sidney, MT 59270
Phone
(406)482-1088
District
Rau Elementary School District
County
Richland County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
302196000651
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
22
Reduced-price lunch
7
Free or reduced-price lunch
2941.4% 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.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Sidney

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.