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B+

Red Lodge Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Red Lodge.

Red Lodge’s School Grade B+ better than 66% of Montana school districts

Students
303
Schools
2
Spent per student
$12,530
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
38%
Debt
$1.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Red Lodge Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 65% of Montana districts
  • Math proficiency 6 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 12 pts above the state
  • Spends 8% less per student than the MT average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $1.7M, about $5,627 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 65% 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 above the state, 2021–22
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Red Lodge 2,723

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Red Lodge. Grade by grade →

PK–5Mountain View SchoolThis district
6–8Roosevelt Junior HighThis district
9–12Red Lodge High SchoolRed Lodge High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency29%
State average 35.2% · 234 students tested
Reading / language arts58%
State average 45.7% · 233 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 95% at Red Lodge 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
$12,530 per student · 8% below MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 35%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 58%State 35%Federal 7%

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

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

Enrollment over time
307’20
319’21
328’22
317’23
303’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 90%Hispanic 7%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Two or more races <1%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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.

Mountain View School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Red Lodge
B+
192 students14:1
Roosevelt Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Red Lodge
C
111 students14:1

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.