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Drummond Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Drummond.

Drummond’s Schools page →

Students
114
Schools
2
Spent per student
$13,035
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Debt
$0.6M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Drummond Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 86% of Montana districts
  • Math proficiency 19 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 6 pts above the state
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Debt of $0.6M, about $5,254 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 86% 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 town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Drummond. Grade by grade →

PK–6Drummond SchoolThis district
7–8Drummond 7-8This district
9–12Drummond High SchoolDrummond High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency50–59%
State average 35.2% · 60 students tested
Reading / language arts50–54%
State average 45.7% · 68 students tested

87% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 90% at Drummond 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
$13,035 per student · 4% below MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 56%Support & administration 34%Other 11%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 38%State 36%Federal 26%

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

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

Enrollment over time
114’20
105’21
119’22
115’23
114’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 86%Hispanic 9%Two or more races 5%

Schools in the district

2 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.