Regular local school district · Beaverhead County
Lima K-12 Schools, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Lima K-12 Schools runs 3 public schools with 39 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 4.3 students per teacher is 9.9 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 39
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9
- Students per teacher
- 4.3
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1 North Harrison, Lima, MT 59739
- Phone
- (406)276-3571
- County
- Beaverhead County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3016710
- State district ID
- MT-0009
- Total staff (FTE)
- 18
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 39 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district4.3
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 (51), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $244,000
- State revenue
- $682,000
- Local revenue
- $600,000
- Total spending
- $1.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $29,235
- Salaries
- $774,00051.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 44.7%
- Local: 39.3%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$29,235
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Lima K-12 Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lima 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Lima High School | High | 9 to 12 | 13 | 4.3 |
| Lima School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 21 | 5.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Beaverhead County
- Dillon Elementary School District 756 students
- Beaverhead County High School 339 students
- Reichle Elementary School District 15 students
- Wisdom Elementary School District 9 students
- Polaris Elementary School District 8 students
- Grant Elementary School District 7 students
- Wise River Elementary School District 7 students
- Jackson Elementary School District 2 students
- Beaverhead
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.