Regular local school district · Phillips County
Saco Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Saco Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 40 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 6.7 students per teacher is 7.5 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Saco Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 40
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6
- Students per teacher
- 6.7
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 321 Hwy 243, Saco, MT 59261
- Phone
- (406)527-3531
- County
- Phillips County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3023370
- State district ID
- MT-1203
- Total staff (FTE)
- 14
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district6.7
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 (32), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $933,000
- Federal revenue
- $141,000
- State revenue
- $277,000
- Local revenue
- $515,000
- Total spending
- $1.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $35,094
- Salaries
- $497,00044.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $124,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.1%
- State: 29.7%
- Local: 55.2%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$35,094
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Saco Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Saco 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Saco School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 31 | 7.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Phillips County
- Malta K-12 Schools 492 students
- Dodson K-12 School District 78 students
- Whitewater K-12 Schools 37 students
- Saco High School 15 students
- Phillips
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.