Enrollment
28
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Melstone, MT
Melstone High School
Federal NCES profile for Melstone High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 61/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 301827000555
👥 S:T ratio 63
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 91
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Melstone High School earns 61/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 70% of Montana schools.
- #1 of 3
- public schools in Melstone · Resource Index
- 61
- Resource Index · Higher
- 9.3:1
- small classes for Montana
- 28
- students enrolled
Melstone High School has class sizes smaller than 70% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Melstone High School ranks #1 of 3 public schools in Melstone, MT.
School address
District: Melstone H S · Montana
NCES ID 301827000555 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.3:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-21% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Melstone High School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Melstone High School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Melstone 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.
Attendance is a relative strength
3.6% of Melstone High School students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 civil-rights collection. On its face, that is a comparatively low historical rate, though this page does not treat it as a current national benchmark or guarantee current-year performance. Here, attendance is a more distinctive signal than the presence or absence of any single specialist role.
Melstone High School is a mid-sized high school in Melstone, Montana, enrolling 28 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.3:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.
Enrollment of 28 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by headcount.
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 White (93% of enrollment) (diversity index 13/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Attendance holds up well here: only 3.6% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Melstone H S spends $26,909 per pupil, 36% above the Montana average, a better-resourced district than most.
Melstone H S operates only this one school, so Melstone 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 Melstone High School compares
Melstone 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 | 9.3:1 | ▼ 21% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 28 | top 73% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
9.3:1
Leaner classes than 92% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
28
Bigger than 3% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
9.3:1
students per teacher
- 21% below state mean
Top 30% in Montana - lower ratio than 70% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
3.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$26,909
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.
Student demographics
White 92.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 7.1%
Largest group: White at 92.9% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 13.2/100
Simpson diversity index - at 13.2, Melstone 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 Melstone H S, which includes Melstone High School.
$26,909
Per student
+36%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+52%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 33.1%
State 66.0%
Federal 0.8%
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 (~28 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.3:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Melstone High School
How many students attend Melstone High School?
Melstone High School has 28 students enrolled. It is a high school in Melstone, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Melstone High School?
The student-teacher ratio at Melstone High School is 9.3:1, which is 21% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 41% 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 Melstone High School?
The largest demographic group at Melstone High School is White at 92.9% of enrollment, in Melstone, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Melstone High School?
Melstone High School has a Resource Investment Index of 61/100 (higher 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).
How does Melstone High School rank among public schools in Melstone?
By Resource Investment Index, Melstone High School ranks #1 of 3 public schools in Melstone, 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 Melstone H S?
None reported; Melstone H S operates only Melstone High School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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