Other / mixed grade configuration · Bozeman, MT

Malmborg School

Federal NCES profile for Malmborg School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 33/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 301752000354
0/100100/10033/100
👥 S:T ratio
68
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Malmborg School earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 77% of Montana schools.

#13 of 13
schools in Bozeman · Resource Index
33
Resource Index · Typical
8:1
small classes for Montana
8
students enrolled

Malmborg School has class sizes smaller than 77% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Malmborg School ranks #13 of 13 schools in Bozeman, MT.

School address

Enrollment

8

Montana · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

8:1

vs 11.8:1 Montana avg

-32% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Malmborg School compares with Montana and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:18:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Malmborg School

Malmborg School is a small combined-grade school in Bozeman, Montana, enrolling 8 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 8:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 93% of Montana schools, with 8 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 826 scored Montana schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment) (diversity index 0/100).

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 50.0% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 21.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Bozeman's public schools, it stands alongside Emily Dickinson School (531 students): Malmborg School is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (8:1 vs 16.1:1).

Malmborg Elem operates only this one school, so Malmborg School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 8 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Montana's single-school districts.

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 Malmborg School compares

Malmborg 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 8:1 ▼ 32% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 8 top 93% - -

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

8:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
8
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
8:1
students per teacher - 32% below state mean
Top 23% in Montana - lower ratio than 77% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
50.0%
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
$17,429
per pupil, district-wide - below Montana avg of $19,282
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting 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.

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

White 100.0%

Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Malmborg School is less mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Malmborg Elem, which includes Malmborg School.

$17,429
Per student
-10%
vs Montana
Avg $19,282
+5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 38.5%
State 40.0%
Federal 21.5%

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 other schools in Bozeman

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

Similar other 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Malmborg School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Malmborg School

How many students attend Malmborg School?

Malmborg School has 8 students enrolled. It is a public school in Bozeman, MT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Malmborg School?

The student-teacher ratio at Malmborg School is 8:1, which is 32% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 49% 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 Malmborg School?

The largest demographic group at Malmborg School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Bozeman, MT.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Malmborg School?

Malmborg School has a Resource Investment Index of 33/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Malmborg School rank among schools in Bozeman?

By Resource Investment Index, Malmborg School ranks #13 of 13 schools in Bozeman, MT. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Bozeman on the city page.

Is Malmborg School a good school?

Malmborg School earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 77% 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 Malmborg Elem?

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

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 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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