Anaconda Jr High School

Anaconda Jr High School, a reasonably sized junior high in Anaconda, Montana, run under Anaconda Elem, enrolls 148 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in Anaconda Elem (727 students total), Anaconda Jr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Anaconda Jr High School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Deer Lodge County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Anaconda Jr High School logs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Anaconda Jr High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Deer Lodge County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,527 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Deer Lodge County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,032 students), Anaconda Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Anaconda Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 177 students in 2018 compared to 148 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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