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East Helena K-12 School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
East Helena K-12 School District runs 7 public schools with 1,972 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is 4.2 higher than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "East Helena K-12".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 1,972
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 226 E Clinton, East Helena, MT 59635
- Phone
- (406)227-7700
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3000655
- State district ID
- MT-1240
- Total staff (FTE)
- 220
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 329 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
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 (1,505), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.1 million
- State revenue
- $8.3 million
- Local revenue
- $8.5 million
- Total spending
- $23.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,735
- Salaries
- $9.0 million38.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $45.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.4%
- State: 39.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,735
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in East Helena K-12 School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| 227 Academy- High School | High | 9 to 12 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 227 Academy- middle school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 21 | 7.0 |
| East Helena High School | High | 9 to 12 | 563 | 22.5 |
| East Valley Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 471 | 21.4 |
| Eastgate School | Elementary | PK to K | 161 | 12.4 |
| Prickly Pear Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 269 | 16.8 |
| Radley Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 428 | 20.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lewis and Clark County
- Helena Elementary School District 5,100 students
- Helena High School 2,373 students
- Lincoln K-12 Schools 147 students
- Augusta Elementary School District 98 students
- Trinity Elementary School District 43 students
- Augusta High School 33 students
- Dept of Corrections-Youth 30 students
- Auchard Creek Elementary School District 13 students
- Wolf Creek Elementary School District 7 students
- Dept of Corrections-Adult 0 students
- Intermtn Childrens Home
- Lewis & Clark
- Prickly Pear Coop
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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.