Margaret Leary School

As a large elementary school, Margaret Leary School serves students in Butte, Montana. The school has 359 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Montana average about 167 students, which makes this school 115% bigger than average.

Margaret Leary School is part of Butte Elem, where 7 schools serve 2,929 students.

The share of White students at Margaret Leary School is 84%. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.

Margaret Leary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1, with 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Montana is 11.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Margaret Leary School. On average, public schools in Silver Bow County report 91%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Silver Bow County show that the median household earns about $61,754 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Silver Bow County has 12 public schools with about 4,364 students, including Margaret Leary School.

Whittier School, about 2.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.

Margaret Leary School had 365 students in 2020-21 and 359 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.4:1 to 16.0:1.

Margaret Leary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.