Billings Elem
Public school district based in Billings, Montana. NCES district ID 3003870; state ID MT-0965.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
28
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,169
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
696.1
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
16.0
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 270 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,126 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,141 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,211 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,233 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,225 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,183 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,258 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,254 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,268 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9.2% | |
| Asian | 0.7% | |
| Black or African American | 1.4% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.7% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.3% | |
| Two or more races | 7.6% | |
| White | 70.0% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.2% | |
| Male | 50.8% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 28.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis & Clark Middle School Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 741 | 44.5 | 16.7 | City: Midsize |
| Ben Steele Middle School Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 740 | 40.1 | 18.5 | City: Midsize |
| Meadowlark School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 691 | 37.7 | 18.3 | City: Midsize |
| Castle Rock Middle School Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 691 | 39.4 | 17.6 | City: Midsize |
| Will James Middle School Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 634 | 37.1 | 17.1 | City: Midsize |
| Medicine Crow Middle School Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 517 | 31.3 | 16.5 | City: Midsize |
| Boulder School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 495 | 26.6 | 18.6 | City: Midsize |
| Eagle Cliffs Elementary Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 443 | 25.2 | 17.6 | City: Midsize |
| Riverside Middle School Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 436 | 35.4 | 12.3 | City: Midsize |
| Arrowhead School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 434 | 23.9 | 18.2 | City: Midsize |
| Broadwater School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 400 | 24.7 | 16.2 | City: Midsize |
| Sandstone School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 393 | 23.8 | 16.5 | City: Midsize |
| Big Sky Elementary Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 373 | 23.8 | 15.7 | City: Midsize |
| Beartooth School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 373 | 21.9 | 17.1 | City: Midsize |
| Orchard School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 340 | 22.4 | 15.2 | City: Midsize |
| McKinley School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 339 | 29.0 | 11.7 | City: Midsize |
| Bench School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 332 | 22.1 | 15 | City: Midsize |
| Miles Avenue School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 325 | 21.4 | 15.2 | City: Midsize |
| Alkali Creek School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 310 | 17.6 | 17.6 | City: Midsize |
| Central Heights School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 285 | 18.5 | 15.4 | City: Midsize |
| Poly Drive School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 283 | 16.9 | 16.7 | City: Midsize |
| Ponderosa School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 277 | 23.3 | 11.9 | City: Midsize |
| Rose Park School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 277 | 17.4 | 16 | City: Midsize |
| Bitterroot School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 264 | 16.0 | 16.5 | City: Midsize |
| Burlington School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 257 | 18.5 | 13.9 | City: Midsize |
| Highland School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 249 | 16.4 | 15.2 | City: Midsize |
| Newman School Billings | PK–5 | Regular | 249 | 20.4 | 12.2 | City: Midsize |
| Billings Multilingual Academy Billings | 6–8 | Regular | 21 | 1.0 | 21 | City: Midsize |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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