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Prickly Pear Elem School

Serves grades 1 - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2520 Valley Drive
East Helena, MT 59635
Phone
(406) 227-7700
District
EAST HELENA K-12
County
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
244
Classroom Teachers
18

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Prickly Pear Elem School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
40%
No Data
46%
No Data
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
16
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 122 50.0%
Grade 2 122 50.0%
Total 244 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.0% 91.0% 81.2%
Black 0.0% 0.6% 0.8%
Hispanic 4.7% 3.9% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.5% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 4.0% 11.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 0.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.1%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 24.7%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 12.2%
$15,000 or less Unreported 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,947 $9,635,489 24.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $451 $625,537 1.6%
Staff $221 $306,527 0.8%
General Administration $290 $402,230 1.0%
School Administration $492 $682,404 1.7%
Operation $768 $1,065,216 2.7%
Transportation $380 $527,060 1.3%
Other $350 $485,450 1.2%
Total Support $2,952 $4,094,424 10.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $18,802 $26,078,374 65.5%
Total Expenditures $28,702 $39,809,674 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,083 $1,056,883,697 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $694 $103,488,902 4.8%
Staff $415 $61,937,124 2.8%
General Administration $391 $58,320,392 2.7%
School Administration $679 $101,279,879 4.7%
Operation $1,223 $182,486,282 8.4%
Transportation $551 $82,271,867 3.8%
Other $356 $53,153,862 2.4%
Total Support $4,309 $642,927,677 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,189 $475,825,278 21.9%
Total Expenditures $14,580 $2,175,644,910 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%