Regular local school district · Liberty County
Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District runs 4 public schools with 182 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 10.7 students per teacher is 3.5 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Chester-Joplin-Inverness El".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 182
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17
- Students per teacher
- 10.7
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- School and Main, Chester, MT 59522
- Phone
- (406)759-5108
- County
- Liberty County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3000098
- State district ID
- MT-1236
- Total staff (FTE)
- 32
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 182 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.7
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 (151), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $822,000
- State revenue
- $867,000
- Local revenue
- $1.1 million
- Total spending
- $2.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,503
- Salaries
- $1.1 million39.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 29.6%
- State: 31.2%
- Local: 39.2%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,503
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chester-Joplin-Inverness 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 30 | 7.5 |
| Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schl | Elementary | PK to 6 | 124 | 13.8 |
| Hi-Line Colony School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 23 | 11.5 |
| Sage Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 5 | 5.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Liberty County
- Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School 54 students
- Liberty Elementary School District 13 students
- Liberty
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.