Basin School

Basin School is a very small K-5 school in Basin, Montana, overseen by Basin Elem. The school instructs 8 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 95% smaller than typical.

Basin Elem is the operating authority for Basin School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Basin School reports that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Basin School lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,490 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Jefferson County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,872 students), Basin School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Boulder 7-8, around 7.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Basin School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Basin School's enrollment has shrank 50% since 2018, when it stood at 16 (now 8). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 75% to 100%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Basin School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.