NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MT

Best-Resourced Schools in Havre, MT

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

8 public K-12 schools in Havre 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

1,856

Students

38.1/100

Avg Resource Index

14.3:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Havre has more public-school enrollment than 10% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Havre sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Havre's 8 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

Havre lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 8 to 521 students, a 65-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 90%
School count: Top 54%
Resource Index average: 37th percentile
Teacher staffing: 63rd percentile

Havre High School accounts for 28.1% of all Havre public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Havre-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Havre school enrollment varies 65× across entities

Havre school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 521 students (highest), a spread of 513 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

Havre operates 5 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

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

Havre student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Havre is typically wider than the Havre-aggregate figure suggests.

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

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Hartland Elementary School	49	8	Combined	Chinook Elem
2.	Havre High School	43	521	high	Havre H S
3.	Lincoln-Mckinley School	42	266	elementary	Havre Elem
4.	Davey Elementary	38	8	Combined	Davey Elem
5.	Highland Park School	35	288	Combined	Havre Elem
6.	Havre Middle School	34	391	middle	Havre Elem
7.	Sunnyside School	34	354	elementary	Havre Elem
8.	Cottonwood School	30	20	Combined	Cottonwood Elem

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Havre

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 Havre school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hartland Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Havre schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Havre, MT? ▼

Havre has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,856 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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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.