Regular local school district · Lincoln County
Fortine Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Fortine Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 58 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 8.3 students per teacher is 5.9 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Fortine Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 58
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7
- Students per teacher
- 8.3
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 358 Meadow Creek Rd, Fortine, MT 59918
- Phone
- (406)882-4531
- County
- Lincoln County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3011340
- State district ID
- MT-0529
- Total staff (FTE)
- 14
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.3
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 (62), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $197,000
- State revenue
- $581,000
- Local revenue
- $315,000
- Total spending
- $999,000
- Spending per pupil
- $16,113
- Salaries
- $497,00049.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.0%
- State: 53.2%
- Local: 28.8%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,113
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Fortine Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fortine 7-8CEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 14 | 7.0 |
| Fortine SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 44 | 8.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lincoln County
- Libby K-12 Schools 1,127 students
- Eureka Elementary School District 528 students
- Lincoln County High School 273 students
- Troy Elementary School District 235 students
- Troy High School 132 students
- McCormick Elementary School District 21 students
- Trego Elementary School District 13 students
- Yaak Elementary School District 4 students
- Lincoln
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.