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B+

Potomac Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Twin Creeks and Potomac.

Twin Creeks’ Schools page →

Students
87
Schools
2
Spent per student
$17,396
MT $13,570
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
47%
The gist

What stands out about Potomac Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 67% of Montana districts
  • Reading proficiency 9 pts above the state
  • Spends 28% more per student than the MT average
  • 11 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 67% 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 towns it serves, and their School Grades
Twin Creeks 361Potomac

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Twin Creeks. Grade by grade →

PK–52 elementary schoolsBonner Elementary School District
6–82 middle schoolsBonner Elementary School District
9–124 high schoolsMissoula High School District

Test scores vs. MT

2021–22
Math proficiency30–39%
State average 35.2% · 46 students tested
Reading / language arts50–59%
State average 45.7% · 45 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 85% at Missoula 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
$17,396 per student · 28% above MT
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 32%Other 8%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 38%State 39%Federal 23%

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

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

Enrollment over time
86’20
98’21
105’22
96’23
87’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 75%Two or more races 13%Hispanic 9%American Indian/Alaska Native 2%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.

Potomac School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bonner
A−
60 students9:1
Potomac Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bonner
A
27 students18:1

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.