About Circle Elem School District
Circle Elem School District is a public school system serving Mccone County, Montana, based in Circle. It serves 136 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–8, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #180 largest of Montana’s 394 school systems.
Size and structure
Circle Elem School District enrolls 136 students in 3 schools — an average of about 45 students per school. It serves grades PreK–8 and ranks #180 of 394 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Circle Elem School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (136 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Circle Elem School District employs about 12 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1 — below the Montana average of about 13.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 17.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Montana funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Circle Elem School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Montana reports accountability through GEMS (the Growth and Enhancement of Montana Students data portal), which hosts the ESSA school and district report cards covering proficiency, growth, graduation and English-learner progress. Look up Circle Elem School District on the GEMS portal.
Accreditation status
Montana accredits public districts itself: the Board of Public Education holds schools to the Chapter 55 accreditation standards, administered by the Office of Public Instruction, rather than relying on a private accreditor. See the Montana OPI for a district’s accreditation status.
Circle Elem School District vs. Montana
See every Montana district side by side in the Montana directory.
Look up Circle Elem School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):