Regular local school district · Powell County
Deer Lodge Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Deer Lodge Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 425 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Deer Lodge Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 425
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 709 Missouri Avenue, Deer Lodge, MT 59722
- Phone
- (406)846-1553
- County
- Powell County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3008670
- State district ID
- MT-0712
- Total staff (FTE)
- 62
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (382), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.0 million
- State revenue
- $2.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.2 million
- Total spending
- $5.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,251
- Salaries
- $3.3 million60.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $777,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.8%
- State: 40.9%
- Local: 40.3%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,251
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Deer Lodge Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| E F Duvall 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 88 | 14.7 |
| O D Speer School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 337 | 14.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Powell County
- Powell County High School 181 students
- Avon Elementary School District 26 students
- Ovando Elementary School District 21 students
- Elliston Elementary School District 19 students
- Garrison Elementary School District 17 students
- Helmville Elementary School District 13 students
- Gold Creek Elementary School District
- Great Divide Educ Serv
- Powell
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.