Missoula Area Education Coop

Located at 2825 Stockyard Road, Suite I-2 in Missoula, Montana, the Missoula Area Education Coop serves as an active regional educational service agency within a small city setting. Unlike traditional school districts that directly operate campus facilities, this open agency maintains zero operational school buildings and does not offer direct grade-level instruction from pre-kindergarten through high school. Instead, it functions as a centralized collaborative network, providing vital administrative, technical, and auxiliary assistance to strengthen educational delivery across partner schools in the greater Missoula metropolitan area and its surrounding legislative districts.

Reflecting its specialized role as a regional service provider rather than a standalone teaching institution, the cooperative’s staffing structure prioritizes support and professional services. National Center for Education Statistics context for the 2024–2025 school year highlights a total workforce of just over 30 full-time equivalent staff members. The overwhelming majority of this team consists of nearly 28 full-time equivalent support personnel, complemented by a small instructional core of under three full-time equivalent teachers. For researchers, parents, and community members, this unique profile highlights an organization designed specifically to maximize shared educational resources and specialist expertise throughout the region.