NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MT

Best-Resourced Schools in Miles City, MT

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

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11
Schools
1,508
Students
44.4/100
Avg Resource Index
10.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Miles City has more public-school enrollment than 6% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Miles City 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

5 of Miles City's 11 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 63-point gap between Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil El and Highland Park School shows the range hidden by Miles City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 94%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Custer Co District High accounts for 32.3% of all Miles City public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Miles City-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

Miles City school enrollment varies 162× across entities

Miles City school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 487 students (highest), a spread of 484 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

Miles City operates 6 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

Miles City student-teacher ratio is 10.9:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil El 88
2. Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil Hs 69
3. Riverview School 56
4. Garfield School 46
5. Jefferson School 42
6. Washington Middle School 6-8 38
7. Custer Co District High 36
8. S Y School 35
9. Lincoln School 27
10. Kircher School 26
11. Highland Park School 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Miles City

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.

  1. 1 Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil Hs 64.3/100
  2. 2 Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil El 44.4/100
  3. 3 Highland Park School 33.8/100
  4. 4 Garfield School 25.0/100
  5. 5 Kircher School 24.9/100

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Which Miles City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Miles City schools in this federal-data comparison at 88/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Miles City, MT? ▼

Miles City has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,508 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.9:1.

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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.