Regular local school district · Chouteau County
Big Sandy K-12 School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Big Sandy K-12 School District runs 3 public schools with 181 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.5 students per teacher is 4.7 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Big Sandy K-12".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 181
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 9.5
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 398 First Avenue, Big Sandy, MT 59520
- Phone
- (406)378-2502
- County
- Chouteau County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3003750
- State district ID
- MT-0138
- Total staff (FTE)
- 40
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.5
Montana14.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (195), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $398,000
- State revenue
- $1.2 million
- Local revenue
- $1.7 million
- Total spending
- $3.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,713
- Salaries
- $1.6 million48.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 37.8%
- Local: 50.2%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,713
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Big Sandy K-12 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Big Sandy 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 28 | 14.0 |
| Big Sandy High School | High | 9 to 12 | 59 | 8.4 |
| F E Miley School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 94 | 10.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chouteau County
- Fort Benton Elementary School District 206 students
- Fort Benton High School 112 students
- Highwood K-12 School District 106 students
- Geraldine K-12 School District 77 students
- Knees Elementary School District 13 students
- Benton Lake Elementary School District 6 students
- Carter Elementary School District
- Chouteau
- Chouteau Co Joint Service
More in Montana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.