📍 2520 Valley Drive, East Helena, Lewis and Clark County, 59635
Prickly Pear Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Helena, Lewis and Clark County. The school has 272 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Helena K-12 school district. It serves grades 1–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Prickly Pear Elem enrolls 272 students across grades 1–2. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 239 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Prickly Pear Elem is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MT-20, state senate district 42, state house district 84.
Prickly Pear Elem is one of 5 schools in East Helena K-12, based in East Helena, Montana. The district serves 1,972 students district-wide and employs 115 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 272 students, Prickly Pear Elem is smaller than the district average of about 394 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe