Barbara Gilligan 7-8

Barbara Gilligan 7-8 is a very small middle school that serves part of Brockton, Montana. The school teaches grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 17 students. The school is 88% below the average for middle schools in Montana.

Barbara Gilligan 7-8 falls under Brockton Elem, which has 2 schools enrolling 93 students.

Native American students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 12% Asian.

Staffing at Barbara Gilligan 7-8 comes to 4.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.9:1. The school's 3.9:1 compares with an average of 11.3:1 for middle schools in Montana. Barbara Gilligan 7-8 counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 85% average for public schools in Roosevelt County.

For Roosevelt County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $57,063 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 25%. Public schools in Roosevelt County number 22, with about 2,353 students.

Barbara Gilligan 7-8's closest public school neighbor is Barbara Gilligan School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

Under the NCES locale system, Barbara Gilligan 7-8 is Rural: Remote.

Barbara Gilligan 7-8 had 29 students in 2020-21 and 17 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The school's ratio dropped from 14.5:1 to 3.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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