Other / mixed grade configuration · Wolf Creek, MT

Wolf Creek School

Federal NCES profile for Wolf Creek School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 51/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 302855000795
0/100100/10051/100
👥 S:T ratio
72
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Wolf Creek School earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% of Montana schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Montana.

51
Resource Index · Higher
7:1
small classes for Montana
7
students enrolled

Wolf Creek School has class sizes smaller than 84% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

7

Montana · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

7:1

vs 11.8:1 Montana avg

-41% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Wolf Creek School compares with Montana and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:17:1

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

What stands out at Wolf Creek School

Wolf Creek School is a small combined-grade school in Wolf Creek, Montana, enrolling 7 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 7:1 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Montana schools, with 7 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 826 scored Montana schools.

Its student body is led by White (71%) and Hispanic or Latino (29%) (diversity index 41/100).

Its district draws 16.3% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 2 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 7 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Among Wolf Creek's public schools, it stands alongside Auchard Creek School (13 students): Wolf Creek School is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Wolf Creek Elem operates only this one school, so Wolf Creek School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 7 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 Wolf Creek School compares

Wolf 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 7:1 ▼ 41% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 7 top 95% - -

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

7:1
Leaner classes than 97% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
7
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
7:1
students per teacher - 41% below state mean
Top 16% in Montana - lower ratio than 84% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$17,467
per pupil, district-wide - below Montana avg of $19,282
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting 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 + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 28.6 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 71.4%
Hispanic or Latino 28.6%

Largest group: White at 71.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 40.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 40.8, Wolf Creek School is more mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.

Programs

Funding & spending

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

$17,467
Per student
-9%
vs Montana
Avg $19,282
+5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 60.2%
State 23.5%
Federal 16.3%

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 in Wolf Creek

1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

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 Wolf Creek 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 Wolf Creek School

How many students attend Wolf Creek School?

Wolf Creek School has 7 students enrolled. It is a public school in Wolf Creek, MT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Wolf Creek School?

The student-teacher ratio at Wolf Creek School is 7:1, which is 41% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 55% 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 Wolf Creek School?

The largest demographic group at Wolf Creek School is White at 71.4% of enrollment, in Wolf Creek, MT.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Wolf Creek School?

Wolf Creek School has a Resource Investment Index of 51/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Wolf Creek School a good school?

Wolf Creek School earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% 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 Wolf Creek Elem?

None reported; Wolf Creek Elem operates only Wolf Creek 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

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