Gardiner Elem

Located at 510 Stone Street in Gardiner, Montana, the Gardiner Elementary School District operates as an active, traditional public school system serving its local community. Set within a remote rural geographic setting, the district encompasses two operational school facilities dedicated to foundational and middle-level learning, providing instructional programming spanning from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. As an independent district serving a distinct area in southern Montana, it provides a crucial educational hub for local families, with administrative contact and community updates made accessible through its district portal at gardiner.org.

During the 2024–2025 academic year, the district maintains an intimate, highly focused learning environment with a total enrollment of 96 students. The student body is distributed across early childhood through early adolescent cohorts—ranging from pre-kindergarten to 16 eighth-grade learners—and reflects a balanced demographic composition comprising 44 female and 52 male students, with diverse backgrounds including White, Hispanic, multiracial, Black, and Asian children. To support this close-knit student body, the district employs a robust professional team totaling over 30 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members, which includes more than 19 dedicated FTE classroom teachers alongside 11 support personnel. This generous staffing allocation results in an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio, enabling highly personalized instruction, strong academic mentorship, and a tight-knit school culture characteristic of Montana's rural educational landscape.