Blue Creek School

Set in Billings, Montana, Blue Creek School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by Blue Creek Elem. It caters to 145 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Blue Creek School sits inside Blue Creek Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Blue Creek School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Yellowstone County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Blue Creek School shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Blue Creek School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yellowstone County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Yellowstone County shows median household income runs about $76,570, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Yellowstone County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,853 students), of which Blue Creek School is one.

Ponderosa School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Blue Creek School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 193 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Blue Creek School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.