Regular local school district · Yellowstone County
Shepherd High School, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Shepherd High School runs 1 public school with 225 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Shepherd H S".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 225
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7842 Shepherd Road, Shepherd, MT 59079
- Phone
- (406)373-5461
- County
- Yellowstone County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3023970
- State district ID
- MT-0986
- Total staff (FTE)
- 40
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 225 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (249), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $166,000
- State revenue
- $1.9 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $6.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,418
- Salaries
- $1.8 million26.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 47.7%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,418
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Shepherd High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Shepherd High School | High | 9 to 12 | 225 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Yellowstone County
- Billings Elementary School District 11,169 students
- Billings High School 5,444 students
- Lockwood K-12 School District 1,580 students
- Laurel Elementary School District 1,157 students
- Huntley Project K-12 Schools 751 students
- Elder Grove Elementary School District 713 students
- Laurel High School 578 students
- Shepherd Elementary School District 522 students
- Elysian Elementary School District 450 students
- Independent Elementary School District 272 students
- Canyon Creek Elementary School District 216 students
- Blue Creek Elementary School District 145 students
- Broadview Elementary School District 125 students
- Custer K-12 Schools 88 students
- Pioneer Elementary School District 73 students
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.