Shields Valley Elementary

A small elementary school in Wilsall, Montana, Shields Valley Elementary is part of Shields Valley Elem. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 107 students. It has 36% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Montana (about 167).

The 2 schools of Shields Valley Elem, including Shields Valley Elementary, enroll 139 students.

At Shields Valley Elementary, 95% of students are White. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.

A staff of 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. It is about the same as the 11.9:1 average for elementary schools in Montana. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%. Public schools in Park County average a similar 43%.

For the population of Park County, the median household earns about $70,047 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Park County, 15 public schools serve about 1,656 students.

Of the public schools around it, Shields Valley Elementary is closest to Shields Valley 7-8, about 7.8 miles away. Shields Valley Elementary has 2 other public schools within ten miles.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 107, up from 96 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 10.7 in 2020-21.

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