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Prickly Pear Elem

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Regular School · East Helena, MT

Prickly Pear Elem is a regular school school in East Helena, Montana, serving grades 01–02 with 269 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
01 – 02
Enrollment
269
Teachers (FTE)
16.6
Student–Teacher Ratio
16.2:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 227 84%
Hispanic/Latino 18 7%
Two or more races 15 6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 6 2%
Asian 2 1%
Black or African American 1 0%
Total enrollment 269 138M / 131F

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency n/a 35.6%
Reading Proficiency n/a 48.6%
Science Proficiency n/a

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
7
2.6% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
44
16.4% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 269 100%

Contact & Location

PO Box 1280

East Helena, MT 59635

Phone: (406)227-7700

http://www.ehps.k12.mt.us/domain/326

District

East Helena K-12

Per-pupil expenditure: $11,155

District enrollment: 1,952

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

300065501122

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD