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Box Elder High School District

Public school districtGrades 9–12Regional · 2 towns

Serves Rocky Boy West and Box Elder, and parts of Beaver Creek.

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

Students
86
Schools
1
Spent per student
$27,160
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
7:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
The gist

What stands out about Box Elder High School District

  • Its letter, D−: results better than 0% of Montana districts
  • Math proficiency 25 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 31 pts below the state
  • Spends 100% more per student than the MT average
  • 7 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 18.1% since 2020–21
  • Only 70% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D−: better than 0% 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.

GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
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 · class of 2023
Math proficiency0–20%
State average 35.2% · 20 students tested · small group: the state reports a range
Reading / language arts21–39%
State average 45.7% · 20 students tested · small group: the state reports a range
Graduation rate (4-year)50–59%
State average 85.5% · 32 in the class

70% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

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
$27,160 per student · 100% above MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 42%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 21%State 34%Federal 46%

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

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

Enrollment over time
105’20
113’21
108’22
100’23
86’24

Down 18.1% since 2020–21.

Students
American Indian/Alaska Native 99%Hispanic 1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Montana’s other public schools.

Box Elder High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Box Elder
D
86 students7:1

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.