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Shields Valley Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Shields Valley Elementary School District runs 2 public schools with 139 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 2.6 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Shields Valley Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 139
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 405 1st Street East, Clyde Park, MT 59018
- Phone
- (406)578-2535
- County
- Park County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3000932
- State district ID
- MT-1227
- Total staff (FTE)
- 21
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
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 (130), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $154,000
- State revenue
- $743,000
- Local revenue
- $1.1 million
- Total spending
- $1.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,154
- Salaries
- $814,00047.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $76,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 38.1%
- Local: 54.0%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,154
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Shields Valley Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Shields Valley 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 32 | 10.7 |
| Shields Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 107 | 11.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Park County
- Livingston Elementary School District 777 students
- Park High School 420 students
- Gardiner Elementary School District 96 students
- Arrowhead Elementary School District 63 students
- Shields Valley High School 59 students
- Gardiner High School 55 students
- Pine Creek Elementary School District 44 students
- Cooke City Elementary School District 3 students
- Park
- Park County Coop
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.