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Shepherd High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
7842 Shepherd Road
Shepherd, MT 59079
Phone
(406) 373-5300
District
SHEPHERD H S
County
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
265
Classroom Teachers
19

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

5

(10 is best)

Better than 43.9% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Shepherd High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
36%
32%
44%
22%
27%
    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
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 66 24.9%
Grade 10 74 27.9%
Grade 11 58 21.9%
Grade 12 67 25.3%
Total 265 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.2% 87.2% 81.2%
Black 1.5% 1.5% 0.8%
Hispanic 3.4% 3.4% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 1.9% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 6.0% 6.0% 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 4,837 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 20.4 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.4% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.4% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 34.3% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 16.4% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,056 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 5.6% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.6% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.0% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.3% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.7% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.4% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.3% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 6.6% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,876 $2,039,884 46.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $371 $96,089 2.2%
Staff $251 $65,009 1.5%
General Administration $274 $70,966 1.6%
School Administration $587 $152,033 3.5%
Operation $1,421 $368,039 8.4%
Transportation $1,089 $282,051 6.5%
Other $378 $97,902 2.2%
Total Support $4,371 $1,132,089 26.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,591 $1,189,069 27.3%
Total Expenditures $16,838 $4,361,042 100.0%
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%

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