Other / mixed grade configuration · Carter, MT

Carter School

Federal NCES profile for Carter School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 40/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 300576000167
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0/100100/10040/100
👥 S:T ratio
90
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Carter School earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 98% of Montana schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Montana.

40
Resource Index · Typical
2.5:1
small classes for Montana
5
students enrolled

Carter School has class sizes smaller than 98% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.

School address

Carter, MT 59420
District: Carter Elem · Montana

NCES ID 300576000167 Verify on NCES CCD record →

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-3 students YoY

Carter School shrank from 5 students in 2022-23 to 2 in 2023-24 (-60.0%).

Teacher FTE lost 2.0 → 0.8 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Shrinking CCD campus

-3 students YoY 300576000167 · Carter, MT Other · SMALL · TRAD

5 enr · 2.5:1 · RII 40

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Carter School shrank from 5 students in 2022-23 to 2 in 2023-24 (-60.0%). Teacher FTE lost 2.0 → 0.8 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Montana schools → · Find another →

How Carter School compares

Carter School is a shrinking campus on CCD: ratios and free-lunch share vs Montana and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Montana Montana avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 2.5:1 ▼ 79% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 5 top 96% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

2.5:1
Leaner classes than 100% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
5
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
2.5:1
students per teacher - 79% below state mean
Top 2% in Montana - lower ratio than 98% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
80.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$25,400
per pupil, district-wide - above Montana avg of $19,859
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Programs

District finance for Carter Elem reports $25,400 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Similar other schools in Carter

1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Knees School
Standard public school
13 students 13:1 students per teacher

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Similar enrollment (~5 students)

Similar student-teacher ratio (~2.5:1)

Frequently asked questions about Carter School

How many students attend Carter School?

Carter School has 5 students enrolled. It is a public school in Carter, MT. CCD year-over-year: 5 (2022-23) → 2 (2023-24), down 3.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Carter School?

The student-teacher ratio at Carter School is 2.5:1, which is 79% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 84% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Carter School?

Carter School has a Resource Investment Index of 40/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Carter Elem?

None reported; Carter Elem operates only Carter School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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