Regular local school district · Richland County
Sidney Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Sidney Elementary School District runs 3 public schools with 879 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Sidney Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 879
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 3rd Ave SE, Sidney, MT 59270
- Phone
- (406)433-4080
- County
- Richland County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3024200
- State district ID
- MT-0745
- Total staff (FTE)
- 139
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 293 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (901), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $4.8 million
- Local revenue
- $4.3 million
- Total spending
- $11.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,560
- Salaries
- $6.0 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.0%
- State: 45.7%
- Local: 40.3%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,560
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Sidney Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 272 | 14.3 |
| Sidney Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 319 | 14.5 |
| West Side Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 288 | 13.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Richland County
- Sidney High School 355 students
- Fairview Elementary School District 193 students
- Savage Elementary School District 93 students
- Fairview High School 92 students
- Lambert Elementary School District 85 students
- Rau Elementary School District 70 students
- Savage High School 40 students
- Lambert High School 33 students
- Brorson Elementary School District 5 students
- Richland
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.