Elder Grove School

Elder Grove School, a heavily attended primary school in Billings, Montana, operated by Elder Grove Elem, educates 465 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Elder Grove School sits 178% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Elder Grove Elem (713 students total), Elder Grove School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Elder Grove School logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Yellowstone County's rate of about 48%.

Around the school, census data for Yellowstone County shows median household earnings sit near $76,570, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Yellowstone County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,853 students), Elder Grove School is one campus in the mix.

Elder Grove 7-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elder Grove School.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elder Grove School has grew 17%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 465 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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