NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MT

Best-Resourced Schools in Belgrade, MT

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

7 public K-12 schools in Belgrade from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

3,257

Students

34/100

Avg Resource Index

12.4:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Belgrade has more public-school enrollment than 33% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Belgrade's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Belgrade's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Belgrade lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 14 to 978 students, a 70-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 67%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 22nd percentile
Teacher staffing: 85th percentile

Belgrade Middle School accounts for 30.0% of all Belgrade public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Belgrade-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Belgrade school enrollment varies 70× across entities

Belgrade school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 978 students (highest), a spread of 964 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Belgrade student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Pass Creek School	51	14	Combined	Pass Creek Elem
2.	Belgrade High School	41	958	high	Belgrade H S
3.	Ridge View Elementary	35	438	Combined	Belgrade Elem
4.	Springhill School	33	16	Combined	Springhill Elem
5.	Saddle Peak Elementary	31	416	Combined	Belgrade Elem
6.	Story Creek Elem	28	437	Combined	Belgrade Elem
7.	Belgrade Middle School	19	978	elementary	Belgrade Elem

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Belgrade

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Belgrade school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pass Creek School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Belgrade schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Belgrade, MT? ▼

Belgrade has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,257 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.