Regular local school district · Fergus County
Denton Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Denton Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 43 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 6.1 students per teacher is 8.1 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Denton Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 43
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7
- Students per teacher
- 6.1
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1200 Lehman Ave, Denton, MT 59430
- Phone
- (406)567-2270
- County
- Fergus County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3008860
- State district ID
- MT-0281
- Total staff (FTE)
- 13
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district6.1
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 (31), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $832,000
- Federal revenue
- $151,000
- State revenue
- $186,000
- Local revenue
- $495,000
- Total spending
- $758,000
- Spending per pupil
- $24,452
- Salaries
- $364,00048.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.1%
- State: 22.4%
- Local: 59.5%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,452
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Denton Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Denton 6-8 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Denton School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 36 | 9.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fergus County
- Lewistown Elementary School District 815 students
- Fergus High School 347 students
- Winifred K-12 Schools 152 students
- Moore Elementary School District 62 students
- Grass Range Elementary School District 54 students
- Moore High School 28 students
- Grass Range High School 27 students
- Roy K-12 Schools 26 students
- Denton High School 16 students
- Ayers Elementary School District 14 students
- Deerfield Elementary School District 11 students
- King Colony Elementary School District 7 students
- Spring Creek Colony Elementary School District 3 students
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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.