Enrollment
86
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Box Elder, MT
Box Elder High School
Federal NCES profile for Box Elder High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 48/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 300450000104
👥 S:T ratio 69
📚 AP courses 10
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 83
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Box Elder High School earns 48/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 80% of Montana schools.
- #1 of 6
- public schools in Box Elder · Resource Index
- 48
- Resource Index · Typical
- 7.8:1
- small classes for Montana
- 86
- students enrolled
Box Elder High School has class sizes smaller than 80% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Box Elder High School ranks #1 of 6 public schools in Box Elder, MT.
School address
District: Box Elder H S · Montana
NCES ID 300450000104 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.8:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-34% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Box Elder High School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Box Elder High School
Box Elder High School is a mid-sized high school in Box Elder, Montana, enrolling 86 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 7.8:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.
With 86 students, its enrollment sits close to the Montana median campus size.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 826 Montana schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly American Indian / Alaska Native (99% of enrollment) (diversity index 2/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 86 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Its district draws 41.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Discipline events run high: 24 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 86 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
Among Box Elder's high schools, it stands alongside Rocky Boy High School (125 students): Box Elder High School is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (7.8:1 vs 15.6:1).
Box Elder H S operates only this one school, so Box Elder High School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Box Elder High School compares
Box Elder High School on the metrics families compare, against Montana and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Montana | Montana avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 7.8:1 | ▼ 34% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 86 | top 49% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
7.8:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
86
Bigger than 9% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
7.8:1
students per teacher
- 34% below state mean
Top 20% in Montana - lower ratio than 80% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$21,504
per pupil, district-wide
- above Montana avg of $19,282
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 86 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
20
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 23.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 27.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
American Indian / Alaska Native 98.8%
Hispanic or Latino 1.2%
Largest group: American Indian / Alaska Native at 98.8% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 2.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 2.4, Box Elder High School is less mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
AP program Not offered
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Box Elder H S, which includes Box Elder High School.
$21,504
Per student
+12%
vs Montana
Avg $19,282
+30%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 20.5%
State 37.6%
Federal 41.9%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar high schools in Box Elder
1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.
Similar high schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Montana, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~86 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~7.8:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Box Elder High School
How many students attend Box Elder High School?
Box Elder High School has 86 students enrolled. It is a high school in Box Elder, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Box Elder High School?
The student-teacher ratio at Box Elder High School is 7.8:1, which is 34% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 50% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Box Elder High School?
The largest demographic group at Box Elder High School is American Indian / Alaska Native at 98.8% of enrollment, in Box Elder, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Box Elder High School?
Box Elder High School has a Resource Investment Index of 48/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Box Elder High School rank among public schools in Box Elder?
By Resource Investment Index, Box Elder High School ranks #1 of 6 public schools in Box Elder, MT. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Box Elder on the city page.
Is Box Elder High School a good school?
Box Elder High School earns 48/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 80% of Montana schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Box Elder H S?
None reported; Box Elder H S operates only Box Elder High School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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