Other / mixed grade configuration · Glen, MT

Reichle School

Federal NCES profile for Reichle School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 59/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 302229000658
0/100100/10059/100
👥 S:T ratio
70
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
85
📋 Attendance
50
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Reichle School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Montana schools.

59
Resource Index · Higher
7.5:1
small classes for Montana
15
students enrolled

Reichle School has class sizes smaller than 81% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

15

Montana · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

2.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

7.5:1

vs 11.8:1 Montana avg

-36% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

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

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:17.5:1

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

What stands out at Reichle School

Reichle School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Glen, Montana, enrolling 15 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 7.5:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 15 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 91% of the 826 Montana schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

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

Counselor coverage is strong, about 75 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 20.0% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

The surrounding Reichle Elem spends $11,053 per pupil, 43% below the Montana average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Reichle Elem operates only this one school, so Reichle 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 Reichle School compares

Reichle 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 7.5:1 ▼ 36% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 15 top 84% - -

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

7.5:1
Leaner classes than 96% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
15
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
7.5:1
students per teacher - 36% below state mean
Top 19% in Montana - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
20.0%
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
$11,053
per pupil, district-wide - below Montana avg of $19,282
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.2 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, Reichle School is less mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.

Programs

Funding & spending

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

$11,053
Per student
-43%
vs Montana
Avg $19,282
-33%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 34.4%
State 61.3%
Federal 4.3%

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 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 Reichle 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 Reichle School

How many students attend Reichle School?

Reichle School has 15 students enrolled. It is a public school in Glen, MT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Reichle School?

The student-teacher ratio at Reichle School is 7.5:1, which is 36% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 52% 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 Reichle School?

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

What is the Resource Investment Index for Reichle School?

Reichle School has a Resource Investment Index of 59/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Reichle School a good school?

Reichle School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% 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 Reichle Elem?

None reported; Reichle Elem operates only Reichle 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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