Regular local school district · Custer County
Trail Creek Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Trail Creek Elementary School District runs 1 public school with 8 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 8.0 students per teacher is 6.2 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Trail Creek Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 8
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1
- Students per teacher
- 8.0
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1734 Road 506, Miles City, MT 59301
- Phone
- (406)421-5503
- County
- Custer County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3026400
- State district ID
- MT-0177
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.0
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 (3), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $101,000
- Federal revenue
- $17,000
- State revenue
- $46,000
- Local revenue
- $38,000
- Total spending
- $105,000
- Spending per pupil
- $35,000
- Salaries
- $46,00043.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.8%
- State: 45.5%
- Local: 37.6%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$35,000
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Trail Creek Elementary School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Riverview School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Custer County
- Miles City Elementary School District 926 students
- Custer County High School 487 students
- Kinsey Elementary School District 52 students
- Kircher Elementary School District 51 students
- S Y Elementary School District 6 students
- Big Country Coop
- Custer
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.