Regular local school district · Sweet Grass County
Big Timber Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Big Timber Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 291 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Big Timber Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 291
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5th and Anderson, Big Timber, MT 59011
- Phone
- (406)932-5939
- County
- Sweet Grass County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3003800
- State district ID
- MT-0865
- Total staff (FTE)
- 43
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 291 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (286), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $301,000
- State revenue
- $1.4 million
- Local revenue
- $1.7 million
- Total spending
- $3.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,227
- Salaries
- $1.9 million60.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 40.6%
- Local: 50.6%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,227
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Big Timber Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Big Timber 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 69 | 13.8 |
| Big Timber School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 222 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sweet Grass County
- Sweet Grass County High School 161 students
- Melville Elementary School District 20 students
- McLeod Elementary School District 8 students
- Greycliff Elementary School District 4 students
- Sweet Grass
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.