3 bd $1,969/mo in Helena. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule.
Public-school students
12,421
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
15.3
814 teachers
Districts / schools
18 / 51
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,150
NCES counts 51 public schools here. 46 are filed under a level. 5 are not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Helena.
- Helena Elem
Helena
- Students
- 5,100
- Schools
- 16
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.9
- Helena H S
Helena
- Students
- 2,373
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.7
- East Helena K-12
East Helena
- Students
- 1,972
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.4
- Townsend K-12 Schools
Townsend
- Students
- 733
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.9
- Montana City Elem
Clancy
- Students
- 471
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.1
- Clancy Elem
Clancy
- Students
- 374
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.8
- Jefferson H S
Boulder
- Students
- 306
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.1
- Whitehall Elem
Whitehall
- Students
- 302
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.1
- Boulder Elem
Boulder
- Students
- 215
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.1
- Whitehall H S
Whitehall
- Students
- 161
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.4
- Lincoln K-12 Schools
Lincoln
- Students
- 147
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 7.8
- Augusta Elem
Augusta
- Students
- 98
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 8.7
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
26
Elementary grades
Middle
11
Middle or junior high
High
9
Secondary grades
Other
0
K–12, ungraded, alternative
46 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Helena metro sits
Roughly the core of the Helena, MT metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$188 left/mo. Childcare $1,106. Helena paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Helena
Take-home by job in Helena
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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