Enrollment
103
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Forsyth, MT
Forsyth High School
Federal NCES profile for Forsyth High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 43/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 301119000304
👥 S:T ratio 59
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 38
📋 Attendance 44
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Forsyth High School earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Montana median.
- #2 of 3
- public schools in Forsyth · Resource Index
- 43
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10.3:1
- students per teacher
- 103
- students enrolled
Forsyth High School has class sizes near the Montana median. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Forsyth High School ranks #2 of 3 public schools in Forsyth, MT.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.3:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-13% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Forsyth High School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Forsyth High School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Forsyth 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
Forsyth 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.
Forsyth High School is a mid-sized high school in Forsyth, Montana, enrolling 103 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10.3:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.
With 103 students, its enrollment sits close to the Montana median campus size.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 826 scored Montana schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (87% of enrollment) (diversity index 23/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 312 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.3% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
Forsyth H S operates only this one school, so Forsyth 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 Forsyth High School compares
Forsyth 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 | 10.3:1 | ▼ 13% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 103 | top 46% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.3:1
Leaner classes than 87% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
103
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
10.3:1
students per teacher
- 13% below state mean
Top 36% in Montana - lower ratio than 64% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
22.3%
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
$20,192
per pupil, district-wide
- above Montana avg of $19,859
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
9
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 8.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 87.4%
Two or More 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino 2.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1.9%
Asian 1.0%
Largest group: White at 87.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 23.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 23.0, Forsyth High School is about as mixed as the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
AP program Not offered
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Forsyth H S, which includes Forsyth High School.
$20,192
Per student
+2%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+14%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 53.5%
State 44.3%
Federal 2.2%
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 (~103 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~10.3:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Forsyth High School
How many students attend Forsyth High School?
Forsyth High School has 103 students enrolled. It is a high school in Forsyth, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forsyth High School?
The student-teacher ratio at Forsyth High School is 10.3:1, which is 13% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 34% 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 Forsyth High School?
The largest demographic group at Forsyth High School is White at 87.4% of enrollment, in Forsyth, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Forsyth High School?
Forsyth High School has a Resource Investment Index of 43/100 (typical 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 Forsyth High School rank among public schools in Forsyth?
By Resource Investment Index, Forsyth High School ranks #2 of 3 public schools in Forsyth, 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 Forsyth H S?
None reported; Forsyth H S operates only Forsyth High School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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