Elementary Schools in Pioneer Elementary

Summary:

The Pioneer Elementary district in Montana has only one elementary school, Pioneer School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. Based on the available data, Pioneer School appears to be an underperforming school, ranking 300 out of 401 Montana elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and receiving a low 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pioneer School has 73 students enrolled, with a student-teacher ratio of 10.2. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average in both English Language Arts (30.56% proficient or better) and Mathematics (22.22% proficient or better) for the 2024-2025 school year. However, the school's Science performance is slightly above the state average at 40% proficient or better. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $10,465, which is relatively low compared to the state average.

Despite the school's low test scores, it has a low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 4.11% in the 2024-2025 school year, suggesting it may serve a more affluent student population. Overall, the data indicates that Pioneer School is an underperforming elementary school within the Pioneer Elementary district, with opportunities for improvement in core academic areas.

District Detail

1937 Dover Road
Billings, MT 59105

(406) 373-5357

SchoolDigger Rank:
305^th of 387 Montana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 73

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
Pioneer School	Public	PK, KG-8	1937 Dover Road	Billings	59105	Yellowstone County	Pioneer Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 373-5357	73	7	10.2	4.1%	56 (76.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	30.5	300^th of 401 public elementary schools	25.2%					(n/a)	30.6	22.2	$11,389

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Independent Elementary	2.44 mi	1	215^th
Billings Elementary	2.46 mi	28	243^rd
Lockwood Elementary	4.17 mi	3
Lockwood K-12	4.22 mi	4	262^nd
Billings High School	5.12 mi	6	255^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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