Helmville Elementary

Summary:

Helmville Elementary School is the sole school in the Helmville Elementary School District, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 13 students. Despite its small size, Helmville School has some notable strengths, including strong mathematics performance that exceeds the state average, but also faces challenges such as a declining statewide ranking and inconsistent school quality ratings.

With a student-teacher ratio of 6.5 to 1, Helmville School provides a highly personalized educational experience. The school's mathematics proficiency rate of 50% is significantly higher than the state average of 36.77%, suggesting a focus on mathematics instruction. However, the school's English Language Arts and Science proficiency rates of 40% and 33.33% respectively are below the state averages, indicating potential areas for improvement. Additionally, Helmville School's statewide ranking has dropped from 147 out of 212 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 172 out of 401 elementary schools in 2024-2025, a concerning trend that warrants further investigation.

While Helmville School's small size may present both challenges and opportunities, the school's inconsistent SchoolDigger star ratings, ranging from 2 to 3 stars over the past few years, suggest a lack of consistent high performance or improvement. Without data on the school's free/reduced lunch rate, it's difficult to assess the socioeconomic diversity and potential equity concerns faced by the school community. Overall, Helmville School appears to be a small, rural elementary school with some strengths in mathematics but also facing performance and consistency challenges that may require further attention and support.

District Detail

201 Schoolhouse Rd
Helmville, MT 59843

(406) 793-5656

SchoolDigger Rank:
170^th of 387 Montana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 13

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
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
Helmville School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 Schoolhouse Rd	Helmville	59843	Powell County	Helmville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 793-5656	13	2	6.5		12 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56.9	172^nd of 401 public elementary schools	57.1%		34.6	147^th of 212 public elementary schools	30.7%	25	40.0	50.0	$22,818

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ovando Elementary	13.29 mi	1	21^st
Lincoln K-12 Schools	14.88 mi	3	180^th
Drummond Elementary	16.18 mi	2	261^st
Drummond High School	16.18 mi	1	314^th
Gold Creek Elementary	19.79 mi	1

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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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