Other / mixed grade configuration · Brusett, MT

Pine Grove School

Federal NCES profile for Pine Grove School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 49/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 302069000620
0/100100/10049/100
👥 S:T ratio
68
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Pine Grove School earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 77% of Montana schools.

49
Resource Index · Higher
8:1
small classes for Montana
8
students enrolled

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

School address

NCES CCD universe card

School universe 302069000620 · Brusett, MT Other · SMALL · TRAD

8 enr · 8:1 · RII 49

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Pine Grove School CCD stamps from the federal school universe. NCES Common Core of Data stamps for this campus. Read with this school → · District book → · Montana schools → · Find another →

How Pine Grove School compares

Pine Grove 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.
Funding equity
$25,500
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 100.0%

Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

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

Programs

Funding & spending

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

$25,500
Per student
+28%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+44%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 15.6%
State 52.6%
Federal 31.9%

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions about Pine Grove School

How many students attend Pine Grove School?

Pine Grove School has 8 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brusett, MT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Grove School?

The student-teacher ratio at Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove School?

The largest demographic group at Pine Grove School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Brusett, MT.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Pine Grove School?

Pine Grove School has a Resource Investment Index of 49/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

What other schools are in Pine Grove Elem?

None reported; Pine Grove Elem operates only Pine Grove 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 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

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