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Shepherd Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Shepherd, and parts of Huntley.

Shepherd’s Schools page →

Students
522
Schools
2
Spent per student
$10,361
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
30%
Debt
$7.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Shepherd Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B−: results better than 46% of Montana districts
  • Spends 24% less per student than the MT average
  • 15 students per teacher
  • Debt of $7.9M, about $15,149 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B−: better than 46% 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 below the state, 2021–22
B−
The town it serves, and its School Grade
Shepherd 353

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Shepherd. Grade by grade →

PK–5Shepherd ElementaryThis district
6–8Shepherd Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Shepherd High SchoolShepherd High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency34%
State average 35.2% · 357 students tested
Reading / language arts41%
State average 45.7% · 358 students tested

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

Graduation rate 95% at Shepherd 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
$10,361 per student · 24% below MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 31%Other 10%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 39%State 52%Federal 9%

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

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

Enrollment over time
522’20
520’21
562’22
571’23
522’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 91%American Indian/Alaska Native 5%Hispanic 2%Black <1%Two or more races <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%Asian <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.

Shepherd Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Shepherd
B
342 students16:1
Shepherd Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Shepherd
C+
180 students13:1

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.