Enrollment
91
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Simms, MT
Simms High School
Federal NCES profile for Simms High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 47/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 302433000704
👥 S:T ratio 60
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 82
📋 Attendance 15
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Simms High School earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Montana median.
- 47
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10.1:1
- students per teacher
- 91
- students enrolled
Simms High School has class sizes near the Montana median. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.1:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-14% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Simms High School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Simms High School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Simms 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 the dominant support signal
Simms High School's 34.1% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Simms High School is a mid-sized high school in Simms, Montana, enrolling 91 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10.1:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.
With 91 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 (84% of enrollment) (diversity index 29/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 91 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 34.1% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Simms H S operates only this one school, so Simms 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 Simms High School compares
Simms 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 | 10.1:1 | ▼ 14% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 91 | top 48% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.1:1
Leaner classes than 88% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
91
Bigger than 9% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
10.1:1
students per teacher
- 14% 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.
Engagement
34.1%
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
$20,257
per pupil, district-wide
- above Montana avg of $19,859
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 91 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.
Student demographics
White 83.5%
Two or More 6.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Asian 1.1%
Largest group: White at 83.5% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 29.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 29.4, Simms 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 Simms H S, which includes Simms High School.
$20,257
Per student
+2%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+15%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 47.6%
State 51.5%
Federal 0.9%
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.
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 (~91 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~10.1:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Simms High School
How many students attend Simms High School?
Simms High School has 91 students enrolled. It is a high school in Simms, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Simms High School?
The student-teacher ratio at Simms High School is 10.1:1, which is 14% 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 Simms High School?
The largest demographic group at Simms High School is White at 83.5% of enrollment, in Simms, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Simms High School?
Simms High School has a Resource Investment Index of 47/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Simms H S?
None reported; Simms H S operates only Simms High School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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