NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MT

Best-Resourced Schools in Wolf Point, MT

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

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6
Schools
809
Students
38.2/100
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, Wolf Point has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wolf Point 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Wolf Point's list includes 1 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Wolf Point lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 21 to 214 students, a 10-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 99%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
38th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Southside School accounts for 26.5% of all Wolf Point public-school enrollment

That concentration means Wolf Point-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

Wolf Point school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Wolf Point school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 214 students (highest), a spread of 193 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Wolf Point 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. Frontier 7-8 53
2. Wolf Point 7-8 40
3. Southside School 37
4. Northside School 37
5. Wolf Point High School 36
6. Frontier School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wolf Point

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 Frontier School 52.4/100
  2. 2 Frontier 7-8 45.8/100
  3. 3 Wolf Point High School 45.6/100
  4. 4 Wolf Point 7-8 42.9/100
  5. 5 Southside School 38.5/100

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Which Wolf Point school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Frontier 7-8 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wolf Point schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wolf Point, MT? ▼

Wolf Point has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 809 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.