Enrollment
74
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Circle, MT
Circle High School
Federal NCES profile for Circle High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 50/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 300681000187
👥 S:T ratio 51
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 55
📋 Attendance 63
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Circle High School earns 50/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Montana median.
- #2 of 4
- public schools in Circle · Resource Index
- 50
- Resource Index · Higher
- 12.3:1
- students per teacher
- 74
- students enrolled
Circle High School has class sizes near the Montana median. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Circle High School ranks #2 of 4 public schools in Circle, MT.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
6.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
12.3:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
+4% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Circle High School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Circle High School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Circle High School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Montana schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
No single support indicator dominates
Circle High School's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.
Circle High School is a mid-sized high school in Circle, Montana, enrolling 74 students.
At 12.3:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Montana median, within a few percentage points of the 11.8:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
With 74 students, its enrollment sits close to the Montana median campus size.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 826 scored Montana schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (95% of enrollment) (diversity index 10/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 224 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
14.9% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Circle H S spends $26,415 per pupil, 33% above the Montana average, a better-resourced district than most.
Circle H S operates only this one school, so Circle 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 Circle High School compares
Circle 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 | 12.3:1 | ▲ 4% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 74 | top 51% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
12.3:1
Leaner classes than 73% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
74
Bigger than 8% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
12.3:1
students per teacher
- 4% above state mean
Top 51% in Montana - lower ratio than 49% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
14.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$26,415
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
Counselors0.3 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.
Student demographics
White 94.6%
Hispanic or Latino 2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.4%
Two or More 1.4%
Largest group: White at 94.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 10.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 10.4, Circle 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 Circle H S, which includes Circle High School.
$26,415
Per student
+33%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+50%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 56.7%
State 35.6%
Federal 7.7%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
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 (~74 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~12.3:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Circle High School
How many students attend Circle High School?
Circle High School has 74 students enrolled. It is a high school in Circle, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Circle High School?
The student-teacher ratio at Circle High School is 12.3:1, which is 4% higher than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 22% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Circle High School?
The largest demographic group at Circle High School is White at 94.6% of enrollment, in Circle, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Circle High School?
Circle High School has a Resource Investment Index of 50/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Circle High School rank among public schools in Circle?
By Resource Investment Index, Circle High School ranks #2 of 4 public schools in Circle, MT. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking.
What other schools are in Circle H S?
None reported; Circle H S operates only Circle High School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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