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Noxon Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Heron and Noxon.

Heron’s Schools page →

Students
90
Schools
2
Spent per student
$22,031
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
6:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
The gist

What stands out about Noxon Elementary School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 9% of Montana districts
  • Math proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 29 pts below the state
  • Spends 62% more per student than the MT average
  • 6 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 14.3% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 9% 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 below the state, 2021–22
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Heron 328Noxon 209

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Heron. Grade by grade →

PK–6Noxon SchoolThis district
7–8Noxon 7-8This district
9–12Noxon High SchoolNoxon High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency10–14%
State average 35.2% · 70 students tested
Reading / language arts15–19%
State average 45.7% · 71 students tested

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

Graduation rate 75% at Noxon 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
$22,031 per student · 62% above MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 61%Support & administration 30%Other 9%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 47%State 25%Federal 28%

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

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

Enrollment over time
105’20
107’21
103’22
98’23
90’24

Down 14.3% since 2020–21.

Students
White 92%Hispanic 6%Two or more races 2%

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.

Noxon School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Noxon
D
62 students6:1
Noxon 7-8
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Noxon
C
28 students6:1

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.