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Missoula Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Missoula Elementary School District runs 14 public schools with 5,293 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 "Missoula Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 5,293
- Teachers (FTE)
- 347
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 909 South Ave West, Missoula, MT 59801
- Phone
- (406)728-2400
- County
- Missoula County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3018570
- State district ID
- MT-0583
- Total staff (FTE)
- 723
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 294 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
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 (5,264), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $77.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.1 million
- State revenue
- $30.8 million
- Local revenue
- $33.6 million
- Total spending
- $73.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,038
- Salaries
- $39.3 million53.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $110.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.0%
- State: 39.7%
- Local: 43.3%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,038
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Missoula Elementary School District
By level: 4 middle, 10 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chief Charlo School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 414 | 15.9 |
| Franklin SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 274 | 11.9 |
| Hawthorne School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 417 | 14.4 |
| Jeannette Rankin Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 457 | 18.3 |
| Lewis & Clark School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 429 | 15.3 |
| Lowell SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 354 | 15.4 |
| Meadow Hill Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 414 | 15.3 |
| Missoula Connect Academy Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 19 | 9.5 |
| Missoula TEACH Academy | Elementary | PK to 5 | 84 | 21.0 |
| Paxson School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 415 | 16.6 |
| Porter Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 579 | 15.6 |
| Rattlesnake Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 393 | 16.4 |
| Russell School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 375 | 13.9 |
| Washington Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 669 | 16.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Missoula County
- Missoula High School 3,959 students
- Hellgate Elementary School District 1,464 students
- Frenchtown K-12 Schools 1,314 students
- Target Range Elementary School District 544 students
- Lolo Elementary School District 532 students
- Bonner Elementary School District 327 students
- Clinton Elementary School District 226 students
- Seeley Lake Elementary School District 159 students
- DeSmet Elementary School District 127 students
- Potomac Elementary School District 87 students
- Woodman Elementary School District 31 students
- Swan Valley Elementary School District 24 students
- Sunset Elementary School District 12 students
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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.