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Belt Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Belt and Neihart.

Belt’s Schools page →

Students
257
Schools
3
Spent per student
$10,520
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
38%
Debt
$2.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Belt Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A+: results better than 97% of Montana districts
  • Math proficiency 32 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 16 pts above the state
  • Spends 22% less per student than the MT average
  • 13 students per teacher
  • Debt of $2.1M, about $8,210 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A+: better than 97% of the 241 Montana school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Belt. Grade by grade →

PK–6Belt SchoolThis district
7–8Belt 7-8This district
9–12Belt High SchoolBelt High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency65–69%
State average 35.2% · 174 students tested
Reading / language arts60–64%
State average 45.7% · 174 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 90% at Belt High School District, which runs the high school (state 85.5%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$10,520 per student · 22% below MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 32%Other 11%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 47%State 42%Federal 10%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
253’20
275’21
271’22
269’23
257’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 94%American Indian/Alaska Native 2%Hispanic 1%Asian 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%Black <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Montana’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Montana.