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Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls School District runs 3 public schools with 255 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 255
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 197 School Road, Hays, MT 59527
- Phone
- (406)673-3120
- County
- Blaine County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3013660
- State district ID
- MT-1213
- Total staff (FTE)
- 53
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
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 (275), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $2.0 million
- Local revenue
- $632,000
- Total spending
- $8.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $30,360
- Salaries
- $2.9 million34.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 61.3%
- State: 29.5%
- Local: 9.2%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$30,360
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hays-Lodge Pole 7-8CEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 27 | 9.0 |
| Hays-Lodge Pole High SchCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 84 | 21.0 |
| Lodge Pole SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 144 | 14.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Blaine County
- Harlem Elementary School District 454 students
- Chinook Elementary School District 215 students
- Harlem High School 175 students
- Chinook High School 115 students
- Turner Elementary School District 40 students
- Zurich Elementary School District 23 students
- Turner High School 22 students
- Cleveland Elementary School District 11 students
- Bear Paw Elementary School District 10 students
- North Harlem Colony Elementary School District 3 students
- Bear Paw Cooperative
- Blaine
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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.