Emily Dickinson School

Emily Dickinson School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Bozeman, Montana, (ZIP code 59715). The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 531 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Montana is about 167, so this school runs 218% larger than that.

Bozeman Elem, which runs Emily Dickinson School, has 11 schools and 4,689 students.

White students make up a majority at Emily Dickinson School, at 78%. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 89% White share among all Gallatin County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Dividing enrollment by its 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.2:1. That is 4.3 students per teacher above the 11.9:1 average for elementary schools in Montana. Emily Dickinson School reports 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Gallatin County average 25%.

Across Gallatin County, the median household income is $93,528, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gallatin County is home to 48 public schools and about 14,170 public school students.

The closest public school, Bozeman High School, is about 1.0 miles from Emily Dickinson School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Federal data place Emily Dickinson School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The school enrolled 531 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 480 it had in 2020-21.

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