Regular local school district · Big Horn County
Hardin Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Hardin Elementary School District runs 5 public schools with 1,221 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Hardin Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,221
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 401 Park Road, Hardin, MT 59034
- Phone
- (406)665-9308
- County
- Big Horn County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3013310
- State district ID
- MT-0023
- Total staff (FTE)
- 240
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 305 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (1,307), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $22.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.3 million
- State revenue
- $8.1 million
- Local revenue
- $4.3 million
- Total spending
- $21.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,515
- Salaries
- $10.8 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 45.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 18.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,515
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Hardin Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Crow Agency SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 268 | 12.8 |
| Fort Smith SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 17 | 5.7 |
| Hardin IntermediateCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 290 | 15.3 |
| Hardin Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 359 | 13.3 |
| Hardin PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 287 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Big Horn County
- Hardin High School 515 students
- Lodge Grass Elementary School District 230 students
- Lodge Grass High School 174 students
- Wyola Elementary School District 83 students
- Pryor Elementary School District 76 students
- Plenty Coups High School 64 students
- Spring Creek Elementary School District 3 students
- Big Horn
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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.