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Sidney 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1012 4th Avenue Se
Sidney, MT 59270
Phone
(406) 433-2330
District
Sidney H S
County
RICHLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
378
Classroom Teachers
28

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

6

(10 is best)

Better than 51.4% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
34%
42%
42%
22%
26%
    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 9 100 26.5%
Grade 10 113 29.9%
Grade 11 93 24.6%
Grade 12 72 19.0%
Total 378 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.0% 88.0% 80.8%
Black 0.6% 0.6% 0.7%
Hispanic 7.8% 7.8% 6.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 1.9% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 1.7% 11.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.6% 33.6% 46.4%
Free lunch eligible 29.6% 29.6% 41.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.0% 4.0% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,706 1,132,812
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 11.8 8
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.4% 18.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.7% 32.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 17.5% 19.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,501 452,683
Single Parent Households With Children 6.8% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.2% 94.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.9% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.1% 15.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.0% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.5% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.3% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.3% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 8.8% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,960 $3,387,000 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $706 $267,000 4.3%
Staff $315 $119,000 1.9%
General Administration $394 $149,000 2.4%
School Administration $1,069 $404,000 6.4%
Operation $1,783 $674,000 10.7%
Transportation $587 $222,000 3.5%
Other $1,005 $380,000 6.1%
Total Support $5,860 $2,215,000 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,775 $671,000 10.7%
Total Expenditures $16,595 $6,273,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,992 $1,192,465,000 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $904 $134,924,000 5.7%
Staff $439 $65,510,000 2.8%
General Administration $428 $63,819,000 2.7%
School Administration $746 $111,260,000 4.7%
Operation $1,363 $203,306,000 8.6%
Transportation $626 $93,425,000 4.0%
Other $450 $67,075,000 2.8%
Total Support $4,955 $739,319,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,905 $433,410,000 18.3%
Total Expenditures $15,851 $2,365,194,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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