Circle Elementary School District
Serves Circle.
What stands out about Circle Elementary School District
- Its letter, A: results better than 88% of Montana districts
- Math proficiency 17 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 11 pts above the state
- Spends 8% more per student than the MT average
- 11 students per teacher
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
A: better than 88% 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.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Circle. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. MT
2021–2298% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Graduation rate 90% at Circle 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 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
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.