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mtschooldata

mtschooldata fetches Montana enrollment data from official OPI/GEMS sources with strict provenance.

Part of the njschooldata family.

Full documentation — reference docs and vignettes.

Highlights

1. State enrollment is available with strict official provenance for 2025 and 2026 

library(mtschooldata)
library(dplyr)

years <- get_available_years()
state_trend <- fetch_enr_multi(years) |>
  filter(is_state, subgroup == "total_enrollment", grade_level == "TOTAL") |>
  select(end_year, n_students) |>
  arrange(end_year)

state_trend
State trend
State trend

(source)

2. District rankings are available in the latest supported year 

latest_year <- max(get_available_years())

top_districts <- fetch_enr(latest_year) |>
  filter(is_district, subgroup == "total_enrollment", grade_level == "TOTAL") |>
  arrange(desc(n_students)) |>
  select(district_name, n_students) |>
  slice_head(n = 10)

top_districts
Top districts
Top districts

(source)

3. Wide and tidy outputs maintain count fidelity 

latest_year <- max(get_available_years())
wide <- fetch_enr(latest_year, tidy = FALSE)
tidy <- fetch_enr(latest_year, tidy = TRUE)

wide_total <- sum(wide$row_total[wide$type == "State"], na.rm = TRUE)
tidy_total <- tidy |>
  filter(is_state, subgroup == "total_enrollment", grade_level == "TOTAL") |>
  pull(n_students)

c(wide_total = wide_total, tidy_total = tidy_total)

Data Taxonomy

Category Years Function Details
Enrollment 2025-2026 fetch_enr() / fetch_enr_multi() State, district, school. Total enrollment counts from official OPI/GEMS exports
Assessments — — Not yet available
Graduation — — Not yet available
Directory — — Not yet available
Per-Pupil Spending — — Not yet available
Accountability — — Not yet available
Chronic Absence — — Not yet available
EL Progress — — Not yet available
Special Ed — — Not yet available

See the full data category taxonomy

Quick Start

R 

install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("almartin82/mtschooldata")

library(mtschooldata)
fetch_enr(2026)

Python 

# from repository root:
# pip install -e ./pymtschooldata

import pymtschooldata as mt

enr_2026 = mt.fetch_enr(2026)
print(enr_2026.head())

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Data Notes

  • Source: Montana OPI GEMS Enrollment Dashboard (gemsapi.opi.mt.gov)
  • Supported years: 2025-2026 (strict district+school parity)
  • Provenance: file-level manifest with URLs, checksums, and download dates in inst/extdata/enrollment/manifest.csv
  • Runtime guardrail: no synthetic/fabricated enrollment fallback; unsupported years fail loudly