Dutton/Brady Elementary

Dutton/Brady Elementary is one of the micro-enrollment elementary schools in Dutton, Montana, part of Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools, with 36 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 78% smaller than typical.

Within Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 94 students, Dutton/Brady Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dutton/Brady Elementary records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Dutton/Brady Elementary reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Dutton/Brady Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Teton County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Teton County reports that median household income runs about $70,430, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Teton County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,037 students), Dutton/Brady Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dutton/Brady High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Dutton/Brady Elementary.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 32%: 53 students in 2018 compared to 36 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 96% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 4.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.