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Four Georgians School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), Montana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Montana schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36.
Schools most like Four Georgians School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Georgians School this school | 482 | 30.9% | N/A |
| Rattlesnake Elementary School Missoula | 393 | 31.8% | N/A |
| Riverview School Great Falls | 445 | 38.0% | N/A |
| Boulder School Billings | 495 | 23.6% | N/A |
| Target Range School Missoula | 410 | 34.9% | N/A |
| Lewis & Clark School Missoula | 429 | 32.2% | N/A |
Where Four Georgians School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Montana | In Lewis and Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #72 of 199 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #83 of 201 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #15 of 421 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #130 of 160 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #83 of 160 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #189 of 226 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #107 of 107 | #8 of 8 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 482 | 28.6 | 16.9:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 18% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 29.8 | 16.4:1 | 26% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 32% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 29% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 17% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 25 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (488 to 482); teachers down 4% (29.8 to 28.6).
About Four Georgians School
Four Georgians School runs as a large elementary school in Helena, Montana. It educates 482 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 189% larger than the 167 average for elementary schools in Montana.
Helena Elem counts 5,100 students in its 15 schools, and Four Georgians School is one of them.
Most students at Four Georgians School are White: 84% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. The chance that two students picked at random at Four Georgians School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1 at Four Georgians School, with 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.9:1 average for elementary schools in Montana is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 31%.
Census estimates describe Lewis and Clark County this way: median household income is about $78,237, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Federal data list 36 public schools in Lewis and Clark County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,786.
Of nearby public schools, Capital High School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 440 in 2020-21 and 482 in 2024-25, a rise of 42 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.9:1.
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