Enrollment
3
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Decker, MT
Spring Creek School
Federal NCES profile for Spring Creek School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 300366000053
👥 S:T ratio 88
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 17
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Spring Creek School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of Montana schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Montana.
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 3:1
- small classes for Montana
- 3
- students enrolled
Spring Creek School has class sizes smaller than 97% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Spring Creek Elem · Montana
NCES ID 300366000053 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
1.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
3:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-75% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Spring Creek School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Spring Creek School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Spring Creek School sits near the smaller end of the Montana enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Spring Creek School's 33.3% 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.
Spring Creek School is a small combined-grade school in Decker, Montana, enrolling 3 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 3:1, Spring Creek School is leaner than roughly 97% of Montana schools and 75% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of Montana schools, with 3 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 826 scored Montana schools.
Its student body is led by White (67%) and American Indian / Alaska Native (33%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 44/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 33.3% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Spring Creek Elem spends $29,571 per pupil, 49% above the Montana average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 19.6% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Spring Creek Elem operates only this one school, so Spring Creek School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 3 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 Spring Creek School compares
Spring Creek 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 | 3:1 | ▼ 75% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 3 | top 99% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
3:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
3
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
3:1
students per teacher
- 75% below state mean
Top 3% in Montana - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
33.3%
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
$29,571
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 66.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native 33.3%
Largest group: White at 66.7% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 44.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 44.4, Spring Creek School is more mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Spring Creek Elem, which includes Spring Creek School.
$29,571
Per student
+49%
vs Montana
Avg $19,859
+67%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 53.8%
State 26.7%
Federal 19.6%
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 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 (~3 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~3:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Spring Creek School
How many students attend Spring Creek School?
Spring Creek School has 3 students enrolled. It is a public school in Decker, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring Creek School?
The student-teacher ratio at Spring Creek School is 3:1, which is 75% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 81% 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 Spring Creek School?
The largest demographic group at Spring Creek School is White at 66.7% of enrollment, in Decker, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Spring Creek School?
Spring Creek School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Spring Creek Elem?
None reported; Spring Creek Elem operates only Spring Creek School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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