Elementary Schools in Heart Butte K-12 Schools

Summary:

The Heart Butte K-12 Schools district in Montana contains only one elementary school, Heart Butte Elementary. This small school serves a community facing significant economic challenges, with all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Heart Butte Elementary is consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Montana, with proficiency rates of 0% in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. Despite spending $24,057 per student, well above the state average, the school's academic outcomes remain extremely poor. The school's small size of just 60 students and low student-teacher ratio of 7.6 to 1 have not translated into improved performance.

Overall, the data paints a concerning picture of Heart Butte Elementary's struggles to provide a quality education for its students. The school's persistent low rankings and abysmal academic proficiency rates, coupled with the high poverty levels of the student population, highlight the need for targeted interventions and support to address the underlying issues and improve educational outcomes in this community.

District Detail

1 School Road
Heart Butte, MT 59448

(406) 338-3344

SchoolDigger Rank:
384^th of 387 Montana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 119

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAST English Language Arts (2025)	MAST Mathematics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
Heart Butte Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1 School Road	Heart Butte	59448	Pondera County	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 338-2200	60	8	7.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3.9	395^th of 401 public elementary schools	1.5%		3.1	205^th of 212 public elementary schools	3.3%	190	0.0	0.0	$26,354

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dupuyer Elementary	16.49 mi	1	380^th
Browning Elementary	20.6 mi	7	332^nd
East Glacier Park Elementary	21.02 mi	1	350^th
Browning High School	21.39 mi	1	363^rd
Pendroy Elementary	21.91 mi	1	256^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

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