Regular local school district · Carbon County
Bridger K-12 Schools, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Bridger K-12 Schools runs 3 public schools with 203 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.2 students per teacher is 4.0 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 203
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 106 North 4th Street, Bridger, MT 59014
- Phone
- (406)662-3533
- County
- Carbon County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3004800
- State district ID
- MT-0059
- Total staff (FTE)
- 42
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.2
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 (182), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $553,000
- State revenue
- $1.3 million
- Local revenue
- $2.5 million
- Total spending
- $6.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $34,038
- Salaries
- $1.9 million31.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.9%
- State: 29.5%
- Local: 57.5%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$34,038
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Bridger K-12 Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bridger 7-8CEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 31 | 7.8 |
| Bridger Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 114 | 12.7 |
| Bridger High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 58 | 11.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Carbon County
- Red Lodge Elementary School District 303 students
- Joliet Elementary School District 268 students
- Red Lodge High School 176 students
- Joliet High School 129 students
- Roberts K-12 Schools 97 students
- Fromberg K-12 School District 67 students
- Belfry K-12 Schools 51 students
- Luther Elementary School District 7 students
- Carbon
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.