Regular local school district · Custer County
Miles City Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Miles City Elementary School District runs 5 public schools with 926 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Miles City Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 926
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1604 Main Street, Miles City, MT 59301
- Phone
- (406)234-3840
- County
- Custer County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3018410
- State district ID
- MT-0172
- Total staff (FTE)
- 159
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 309 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (937), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $11.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $6.1 million
- Local revenue
- $3.4 million
- Total spending
- $11.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,650
- Salaries
- $6.5 million54.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 52.0%
- Local: 28.7%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,650
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Miles City Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Garfield School | Elementary | K to 5 | 210 | 12.4 |
| Highland Park School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 126 | 14.0 |
| Jefferson School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 98 | 10.9 |
| Lincoln School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 166 | 15.1 |
| Washington Middle School 6-8 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 326 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Custer County
- Custer County High School 487 students
- Kinsey Elementary School District 52 students
- Kircher Elementary School District 51 students
- Trail Creek Elementary School District 8 students
- S Y Elementary School District 6 students
- Big Country Coop
- Custer
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.