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Cardwell School

Serves grades PK - 8

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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
80 Highway 359
Cardwell, MT 59721
Phone
(406) 287-3321
District
CARDWELL ELEM
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
34
Classroom Teachers
6

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

2

(10 is best)

Better than 16.8% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Cardwell School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
44%
25%
44%
25%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
40%
25%
48%
25%
32%
    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
6
6
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 8 23.5%
Grade 1 6 17.6%
Grade 2 2 5.9%
Grade 3 5 14.7%
Grade 4 7 20.6%
Grade 5 1 2.9%
Grade 6 1 2.9%
Grade 7 3 8.8%
Grade 8 1 2.9%
Total 34 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.8% 93.8% 81.2%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Hispanic 3.1% 3.1% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.1% 3.1% 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 642 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3.1 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.0% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.4% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 34.6% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 23.4% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 270 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 2.6% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.6% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.5% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.9% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.1% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 33.7% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.3% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 2.2% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,613 $298,003 69.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $0 $0 0.0%
Staff $0 $0 0.0%
General Administration $32 $992 0.2%
School Administration $0 $0 0.0%
Operation $1,548 $47,988 11.2%
Transportation $1,355 $42,005 9.8%
Other $1,194 $37,014 8.6%
Total Support $4,129 $127,999 29.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $129 $3,999 0.9%
Total Expenditures $13,871 $430,001 100.0%
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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