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Billings Elementary School District

415 North 30th Street, Billings, MT 59101

11.3K Students | 693 Teachers | 26 Schools

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Alkali Creek School
Arrowhead School
Beartooth School
Bench School
Big Sky Elementary
Bitterroot School
Boulder School
Broadwater School
Burlington School
Castle Rock 7-8
Central Heights School
Eagle Cliffs Elementary
Highland School
Lewis & Clark Middle School
McKinley School
Meadowlark School
Miles Avenue School
Newman School
Orchard School
Poly Drive School
Ponderosa School
Riverside Middle School
Rose Park School
Sandstone School
Washington School
Will James Middle School

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

No Native American or Alaska Native students are enrolled in the gifted and talented program, so we cannot calculate a comparison with White students

A comparison between Black students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

Discipline

10.9x

Black students are 10.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 2.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

students of Two or More Races are 2.7 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Native American or Alaska Native students are 4.4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Achievement Gap

1.6 grades

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 1.6 grades behind White students.

Black students are, on average, academically 1.6 grades behind White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

Gifted & Talented Composition

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State

Students

27% Nonwhite Students

48% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

Not Available High School Graduation Rate

0% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

3% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

369 students

0% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

0% Students Enrolled in Physics

0% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

0% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

0% Students Enrolled in Biology

0% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

0% Students Enrolled in Calculus

3% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

312 students

Teachers & Resources

16.3 Students for Every Teacher

17% Inexperienced Teachers

10% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

Not Available Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.1 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

0 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

0 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

22 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

0 Schools With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

This District

State

Students

158 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

1% of all students in this district

146 Total In-School Suspended Students

1% of all students in this district

2 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

41 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

4.4Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0 Total Arrests

0 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0.2 Security Guards or Law Enforcement Officers per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights: All Forms of Discrimination

Jeana Lervick
406-281-5039
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All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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AsianAsian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

Native Am.Native American or Alaska Native

Two+ RacesTwo or More Races

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alkali Creek School	Billings	18%	26%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Arrowhead School	Billings	13%	10%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Beartooth School	Billings	25%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bench School	Billings	36%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Big Sky Elementary	Billings	25%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bitterroot School	Billings	26%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Boulder School	Billings	15%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadwater School	Billings	33%	73%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Burlington School	Billings	29%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Castle Rock 7-8	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	Over 20x
Central Heights School	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings	17%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Highland School	Billings	24%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Billings	24%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	12x
McKinley School	Billings	41%	72%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlark School	Billings	16%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Miles Avenue School	Billings	31%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Newman School	Billings	43%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Orchard School	Billings	55%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Poly Drive School	Billings	19%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ponderosa School	Billings	52%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	5.1x
Riverside Middle School	Billings	44%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.3x
Rose Park School	Billings	24%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sandstone School	Billings	26%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington School	Billings	43%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Will James Middle School	Billings	14%	22%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alkali Creek School	Billings	18%	26%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Arrowhead School	Billings	13%	10%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Beartooth School	Billings	25%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bench School	Billings	36%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Big Sky Elementary	Billings	25%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bitterroot School	Billings	26%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Boulder School	Billings	15%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadwater School	Billings	33%	73%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Burlington School	Billings	29%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Castle Rock 7-8	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central Heights School	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings	17%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Highland School	Billings	24%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Billings	24%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley School	Billings	41%	72%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlark School	Billings	16%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Miles Avenue School	Billings	31%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Newman School	Billings	43%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Orchard School	Billings	55%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Poly Drive School	Billings	19%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ponderosa School	Billings	52%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Riverside Middle School	Billings	44%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2x
Rose Park School	Billings	24%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sandstone School	Billings	26%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington School	Billings	43%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Will James Middle School	Billings	14%	22%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alkali Creek School	Billings	18%	26%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Arrowhead School	Billings	13%	10%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Beartooth School	Billings	25%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bench School	Billings	36%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Big Sky Elementary	Billings	25%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bitterroot School	Billings	26%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Boulder School	Billings	15%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadwater School	Billings	33%	73%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Burlington School	Billings	29%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Castle Rock 7-8	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central Heights School	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings	17%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Highland School	Billings	24%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Billings	24%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley School	Billings	41%	72%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlark School	Billings	16%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Miles Avenue School	Billings	31%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Newman School	Billings	43%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Orchard School	Billings	55%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Poly Drive School	Billings	19%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ponderosa School	Billings	52%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Riverside Middle School	Billings	44%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Rose Park School	Billings	24%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sandstone School	Billings	26%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington School	Billings	43%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Will James Middle School	Billings	14%	22%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alkali Creek School	Billings	18%	26%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Arrowhead School	Billings	13%	10%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Beartooth School	Billings	25%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bench School	Billings	36%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Big Sky Elementary	Billings	25%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bitterroot School	Billings	26%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Boulder School	Billings	15%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadwater School	Billings	33%	73%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Burlington School	Billings	29%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Castle Rock 7-8	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central Heights School	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings	17%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Highland School	Billings	24%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Billings	24%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley School	Billings	41%	72%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlark School	Billings	16%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Miles Avenue School	Billings	31%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Newman School	Billings	43%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Orchard School	Billings	55%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Poly Drive School	Billings	19%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ponderosa School	Billings	52%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Riverside Middle School	Billings	44%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.6x
Rose Park School	Billings	24%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sandstone School	Billings	26%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington School	Billings	43%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Will James Middle School	Billings	14%	22%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Alkali Creek School	Billings	18%	26%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Arrowhead School	Billings	13%	10%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Beartooth School	Billings	25%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bench School	Billings	36%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Big Sky Elementary	Billings	25%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bitterroot School	Billings	26%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Boulder School	Billings	15%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadwater School	Billings	33%	73%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	7.2x
Burlington School	Billings	29%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Castle Rock 7-8	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central Heights School	Billings	20%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings	17%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Highland School	Billings	24%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Billings	24%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
McKinley School	Billings	41%	72%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlark School	Billings	16%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Miles Avenue School	Billings	31%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Newman School	Billings	43%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Orchard School	Billings	55%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Poly Drive School	Billings	19%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ponderosa School	Billings	52%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Riverside Middle School	Billings	44%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.2x
Rose Park School	Billings	24%	50%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sandstone School	Billings	26%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Washington School	Billings	43%	100%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Will James Middle School	Billings	14%	22%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →