Enrollment
4
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Swan Lake, MT
Salmon Prairie School
Federal NCES profile for Salmon Prairie School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 71/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 301593000489
👥 S:T ratio 84
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 99
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Salmon Prairie School earns 71/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of Montana schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Montana.
- 71
- Resource Index · Higher
- 4:1
- small classes for Montana
- 4
- students enrolled
Salmon Prairie School has class sizes smaller than 94% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Swan Lake-Salmon Elem · Montana
NCES ID 301593000489 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
1.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
4:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-66% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Salmon Prairie School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Salmon Prairie School
Salmon Prairie School is a small combined-grade school in Swan Lake, Montana, enrolling 4 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 4:1, Salmon Prairie School is leaner than roughly 94% of Montana schools and 66% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 97% of Montana schools, with 4 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 99% 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 4 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Its district draws 40.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Swan Lake-Salmon Elem operates only this one school, so Salmon Prairie School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 4 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 Salmon Prairie School compares
Salmon Prairie 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 | 4:1 | ▼ 66% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 4 | top 97% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
4:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
4
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
4:1
students per teacher
- 66% below state mean
Top 6% in Montana - lower ratio than 94% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 4 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
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, Salmon Prairie School is less mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
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.
Similar enrollment (~4 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~4:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Salmon Prairie School
How many students attend Salmon Prairie School?
Salmon Prairie School has 4 students enrolled. It is a public school in Swan Lake, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salmon Prairie School?
The student-teacher ratio at Salmon Prairie School is 4:1, which is 66% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 75% 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 Salmon Prairie School?
The largest demographic group at Salmon Prairie School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Swan Lake, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Salmon Prairie School?
Salmon Prairie School has a Resource Investment Index of 71/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Salmon Prairie School a good school?
Salmon Prairie School earns 71/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of Montana schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Montana. 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 Swan Lake-Salmon Elem?
None reported; Swan Lake-Salmon Elem operates only Salmon Prairie School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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