Baker 7-8

As a tight-knit middle-grades school in Baker, Montana, Baker 7-8 hosts 72 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Baker K-12 Schools. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Baker 7-8 sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Baker K-12 Schools (464 students total), Baker 7-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Baker 7-8 logs that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fallon County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Baker 7-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, Fallon County reports that median household income runs about $76,250, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fallon County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 566 students), Baker 7-8 is one campus in the mix.

Baker High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 71 students in 2018 compared to 72 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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