Big Timber Elementary School District

Public Grades PK–8 BSchool Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Big Timber.

At a glance

291Students enrolled

2Schools

$11,351Spent per student

14:1Student–teacher ratio

39%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

For Big Timber

Grades PK–6

Big Timber School222 students · Big TimberThis district

Grades 7–8

Big Timber 7-869 students · Big TimberThis district

Grades 9–12

Sweet Grass Co High Schl161 students · Big TimberSweet Grass County High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs MT

Math proficiency37%

State average 34.6%

Reading / language arts47%

State average 46.2%

Graduation rate 95% at Sweet Grass County High School District, which runs the high school (state 84.9%) · class of 2020

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$11,351

per student each year · 16% below the MT average

Spending

Classroom instruction77%

Support & administration21%

Other2%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)57%

State38%

Federal5%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

286’20

333’21

318’22

305’23

291’24

Students

White · 86%251

Hispanic · 9%27

Two or more races · 3%9

Black · 1%2

American Indian/Alaska Native · 0%1

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander · 0%1

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Schools2 in district · 1 next

This district · grades PK–8

📚

Big Timber SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 222 students · Big Timber

B-Public 📚

Big Timber 7-8Middle · Grades 7–8 · 69 students · Big Timber

BPublic

Where students go next · Sweet Grass County High School District

🏫

Sweet Grass Co High SchlHigh · Grades 9–12 · 161 students · Big Timber

CPublic

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.