Regular local school district · Rosebud County
Lame Deer Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Lame Deer Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 353 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Lame Deer Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 353
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 West Boundary St, Lame Deer, MT 59043
- Phone
- (406)477-6308
- County
- Rosebud County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3016050
- State district ID
- MT-0792
- Total staff (FTE)
- 159
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
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 (376), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.4 million
- State revenue
- $2.6 million
- Local revenue
- $888,000
- Total spending
- $8.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,630
- Salaries
- $3.7 million45.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $429,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 60.6%
- State: 29.5%
- Local: 9.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,630
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Lame Deer Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lame Deer 7-8CEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 75 | 25.0 |
| Lame Deer SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 278 | 14.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rosebud County
- Colstrip Elementary School District 336 students
- Forsyth Elementary School District 192 students
- Lame Deer High School 170 students
- Colstrip High School 155 students
- Forsyth High School 103 students
- Ashland Elementary School District 84 students
- Rosebud K-12 School District 60 students
- Birney Elementary School District 10 students
- Rosebud
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.