Bear Paw School

Set in Chinook, Montana, Bear Paw School is an one-room-style K-5 school, overseen by Bear Paw Elem. It enrolls 10 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Bear Paw School sits 94% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Bear Paw School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 10% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, Blaine County reports that median household income runs about $64,813, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Blaine County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,323 students), of which Bear Paw School is one.

Rocky Boy School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.1 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.