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Box Elder Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Rocky Boy West and Box Elder.

Rocky Boy West’s School Grade D better than 7% of Montana school districts

Students
298
Schools
2
Spent per student
$25,000
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
The gist

What stands out about Box Elder 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 84% more per student than the MT average
  • 12 students per teacher
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
DRocky Boy West 1,007Box Elder 106

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Rocky Boy West. Grade by grade →

PK–82 schoolsRocky Boy Elementary School District
9–122 high schoolsRocky Boy High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency10–14%
State average 35.2% · 170 students tested
Reading / language arts15–19%
State average 45.7% · 170 students tested

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

Graduation rate 74% at Rocky Boy 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
$25,000 per student · 84% above MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 66%Support & administration 26%Other 8%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 12%State 27%Federal 61%

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

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

Enrollment over time
299’20
292’21
303’22
292’23
298’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
American Indian/Alaska Native 98%Hispanic 2%White <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.

Box Elder School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Box Elder
D
232 students12:1
Box Elder 7-8
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Box Elder
D
66 students11:1

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.