Beartooth School

Beartooth School is one of the large primary schools in Billings, Montana, part of Billings Elem, with 373 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Beartooth School sits 123% above that benchmark.

Billings Elem comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 11,377 students; Beartooth School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Beartooth School shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Yellowstone County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Beartooth School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Yellowstone County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Yellowstone County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,570, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beartooth School is one of 68 public schools in Yellowstone County (combined enrollment of about 23,853 students).

Nearest neighbor: Medicine Crow Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 69% across the same window.

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