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Belt 7-8 School

Serves grades 7 - 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
1 Church Street
Belt, MT 59412
Phone
(406) 277-3351
District
BELT ELEM
County
CASCADE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
61
Classroom Teachers
4

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.6% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Belt 7-8 School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
59%
41%
69%
47%
49%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
40%
90%
48%
70%
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
14
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 28 45.9%
Grade 8 33 54.1%
Total 61 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.3% 94.9% 81.2%
Black 1.7% 1.1% 0.8%
Hispanic 10.0% 4.0% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 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 1,939 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2.7 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.4% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.9% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 23.4% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 892 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.5% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.7% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.1% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.0% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.3% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.5% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.0% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 5.6% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,769 $1,448,019 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $0 $0 0.0%
Staff $20 $5,020 0.2%
General Administration $813 $204,063 7.4%
School Administration $347 $87,097 3.1%
Operation $1,745 $437,995 15.8%
Transportation $394 $98,894 3.6%
Other $211 $52,961 1.9%
Total Support $3,530 $886,030 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,729 $433,979 15.7%
Total Expenditures $11,028 $2,768,028 100.0%
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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