Enrollment
40
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Savage, MT
Savage High School
Federal NCES profile for Savage High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 302355000686
👥 S:T ratio 60
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Savage High School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Montana median.
- #2 of 3
- public schools in Savage · Resource Index
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10:1
- students per teacher
- 40
- students enrolled
Savage High School has class sizes near the Montana median. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Savage High School ranks #2 of 3 public schools in Savage, MT.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-15% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Savage High School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Savage High School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Savage 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.
No single support indicator dominates
Savage High School's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.
Savage High School is a mid-sized high school in Savage, Montana, enrolling 40 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.
With 40 students, its enrollment sits close to the Montana median campus size.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 826 scored Montana schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 31/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
The surrounding Savage H S spends $41,345 per pupil, 108% above the Montana average, a better-resourced district than most.
Savage H S operates only this one school, so Savage 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 Savage High School compares
Savage 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 | 10:1 | ▼ 15% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 40 | top 65% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10:1
Leaner classes than 89% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
40
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
10:1
students per teacher
- 15% below state mean
Top 35% in Montana - lower ratio than 65% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$41,345
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 82.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 7.5%
Two or More 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino 2.5%
Largest group: White at 82.5% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 30.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 30.8, Savage High School is more mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
AP program Not offered
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Savage H S, which includes Savage High School.
$41,345
Per student
+108%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+134%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 44.9%
State 55.0%
Federal 0.1%
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 (~40 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~10:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Savage High School
How many students attend Savage High School?
Savage High School has 40 students enrolled. It is a high school in Savage, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Savage High School?
The student-teacher ratio at Savage High School is 10:1, which is 15% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 36% 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 Savage High School?
The largest demographic group at Savage High School is White at 82.5% of enrollment, in Savage, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Savage High School?
Savage High School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical 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.
How does Savage High School rank among public schools in Savage?
By Resource Investment Index, Savage High School ranks #2 of 3 public schools in Savage, 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 Savage H S?
None reported; Savage H S operates only Savage High School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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