Plains Elementary School

Plains Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Plains, Montana. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 218 students. Elementary schools in Montana average about 167 students, which makes this school 31% bigger than average.

The district for Plains Elementary School is Plains K-12, with 3 schools and 404 students.

The share of students at Plains Elementary School who are White is 90%. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Sanders County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Plains Elementary School are from different groups.

With 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Montana average 11.9:1. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Sanders County report 91%.

In the surrounding county, Sanders County, median household income comes to about $57,476, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 16, with about 1,321 students.

Plains Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Plains High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

Plains Elementary School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

The school's enrollment fell 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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