Arrowhead Elementary

As an one-room-style elementary school in Pray, Montana, Arrowhead Elementary educates 46 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Arrowhead Elem. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Arrowhead Elementary sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Arrowhead Elem comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 63 students; Arrowhead Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Arrowhead Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Arrowhead Elementary records 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Arrowhead Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Park County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Park County put median household income runs about $70,047, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Arrowhead Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Park County (combined enrollment of about 1,656 students).

Nearest neighbor: Arrowhead Middle School, around 0.0 miles off.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 54 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 6% to 0% over that span.

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