Regular local school district · Liberty County
Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School runs 1 public school with 54 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 54
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- 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
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3000101
- State district ID
- MT-1237
- Total staff (FTE)
- 13
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
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 (52), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $306,000
- State revenue
- $464,000
- Local revenue
- $909,000
- Total spending
- $1.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $29,558
- Salaries
- $528,00034.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.2%
- State: 27.6%
- Local: 54.1%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$29,558
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School | High | 9 to 12 | 54 | 13.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Liberty County
- Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District 182 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.