NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MT

Best-Resourced Schools in Gallatin Gateway, MT

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

5 public K-12 schools in Gallatin Gateway 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

522

Students

40.8/100

Avg Resource Index

12.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gallatin Gateway has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Gallatin Gateway is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Gallatin Gateway's 5 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Gallatin Gateway's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 49th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 88th percentile. The 39-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment: Top 99%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 49th percentile
Teacher staffing: 88th percentile

Ophir Elementary School accounts for 32.4% of all Gallatin Gateway public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Gallatin Gateway-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Gallatin Gateway school enrollment varies 5.1× across entities

Gallatin Gateway school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 169 students (highest), a spread of 136 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Gallatin Gateway student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — 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.	Gallatin Gateway 7-8	45	33	middle	Gallatin Gateway Elem
2.	Ophir 7-8	43	100	middle	Big Sky School K-12
3.	Lone Peak High School	39	117	high	Big Sky School K-12
4.	Gallatin Gateway School	39	103	Combined	Gallatin Gateway Elem
5.	Ophir Elementary School	38	169	Combined	Big Sky School K-12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gallatin Gateway

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 Gallatin Gateway school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Gallatin Gateway 7-8 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gallatin Gateway schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gallatin Gateway, MT? ▼

Gallatin Gateway has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 522 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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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.