Alberton Middle School

Located at 306 Railroad Ave, in Alberton, Montana, Alberton Middle School is a tiny 6-8 campus that instructs 34 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Alberton K-12 Schools. That puts it 76% leaner than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 139 students.

Within Alberton K-12 Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 164 students, Alberton Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Alberton Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Mineral County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Alberton Middle School reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Alberton Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mineral County put median household earnings sit near $63,450, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Mineral County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 678 students), Alberton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Alberton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Alberton Middle School's enrollment has rose 89% since 2018, when it stood at 18 (now 34). Class-load math has pulled in: from 7.3:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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