Regular local school district · Pondera County
Valier Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Valier Elementary School District runs 3 public schools with 95 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 9.5 students per teacher is 4.7 lower than the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Valier Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 95
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10
- Students per teacher
- 9.5
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 804 4th Street, Valier, MT 59486
- Phone
- (406)279-3314
- County
- Pondera County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3027060
- State district ID
- MT-0679
- Total staff (FTE)
- 22
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.5
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 (110), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $273,000
- State revenue
- $635,000
- Local revenue
- $766,000
- Total spending
- $1.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,082
- Salaries
- $843,00047.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.3%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 45.8%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,082
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Valier Elementary School District
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Kingsbury Colony Attn Ctr | Elementary | PK to 8 | 25 | 25.0 |
| Valier 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 12 | 6.0 |
| Valier School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 58 | 8.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Pondera County
- Conrad Elementary School District 340 students
- Conrad High School 126 students
- Heart Butte K-12 Schools 119 students
- Dupuyer Elementary School District 47 students
- Miami Elementary School District 38 students
- Valier High School 37 students
- Big Sky Special Needs Coop
- Pondera
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.