Regular local school district · Silver Bow County
Butte High School, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Butte High School runs 1 public school with 1,266 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 16.4 students per teacher is 2.2 higher than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Butte H S".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 1,266
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 North Montana, Butte, MT 59701
- Phone
- (406)533-2220
- County
- Silver Bow County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3005310
- State district ID
- MT-1212
- Total staff (FTE)
- 154
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 317 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.4
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 (1,280), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.0 million
- State revenue
- $7.0 million
- Local revenue
- $8.0 million
- Total spending
- $19.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,435
- Salaries
- $9.9 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $331,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 25.1%
- State: 35.0%
- Local: 39.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,435
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Butte High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Butte High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,266 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Silver Bow County
- Butte Elementary School District 2,929 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.