Hyalite Elementary

Located at 3600 West Babcock, in Bozeman, Montana, Hyalite Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary-level community that caters to 521 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Bozeman Elem. Enrollment runs roughly 212% above the state mean of about 167.

Hyalite Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Bozeman Elem, a district that hosts 4,689 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hyalite Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Gallatin County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at Hyalite Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Gallatin County's rate of about 25%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Gallatin County put median household earnings sit near $93,528, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Gallatin County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,170 students), Hyalite Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Meadowlark Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hyalite Elementary's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 521). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 9% to 28%.

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