Regular local school district · Silver Bow County
Butte Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Butte Elementary School District runs 7 public schools with 2,929 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Butte Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,929
- Teachers (FTE)
- 183
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 North Montana, Butte, MT 59701
- Phone
- (406)533-2500
- County
- Silver Bow County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3005280
- State district ID
- MT-0840
- Total staff (FTE)
- 365
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 366 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
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 (2,948), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $36.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.6 million
- State revenue
- $16.9 million
- Local revenue
- $14.4 million
- Total spending
- $56.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,128
- Salaries
- $18.4 million32.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.2%
- State: 45.8%
- Local: 39.0%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,128
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Butte Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 664 | 15.8 |
| Emerson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 389 | 16.2 |
| Hillcrest School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 412 | 19.6 |
| Kennedy SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 219 | 13.7 |
| Margaret Leary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 359 | 16.3 |
| West Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 503 | 16.8 |
| Whittier SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 383 | 16.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Silver Bow County
- Butte High School 1,266 students
- Ramsay Elementary School District 158 students
- Divide Elementary School District 11 students
- Melrose Elementary School District
- Silver Bow
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.