Regular local school district · Chouteau County
Fort Benton Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Fort Benton Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 206 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 "Fort Benton Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 206
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1820 Washington, Fort Benton, MT 59442
- Phone
- (406)622-5691
- County
- Chouteau County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3011240
- State district ID
- MT-0133
- Total staff (FTE)
- 34
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
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 (226), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $412,000
- State revenue
- $1.0 million
- Local revenue
- $1.0 million
- Total spending
- $2.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,000
- Salaries
- $1.3 million47.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $690,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.7%
- State: 42.4%
- Local: 40.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,000
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Fort Benton Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fort Benton 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 44 | 11.0 |
| Fort Benton School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 162 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chouteau County
- Big Sandy K-12 School District 181 students
- Fort Benton High School 112 students
- Highwood K-12 School District 106 students
- Geraldine K-12 School District 77 students
- Knees Elementary School District 13 students
- Benton Lake Elementary School District 6 students
- Carter Elementary School District
- Chouteau
- Chouteau Co Joint Service
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.