Belfry School

Belfry School, a rural-scale elementary-level community in Belfry, Montana, run under Belfry K-12 Schools, teaches 29 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 83% below the state mean of about 167.

Within Belfry K-12 Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 51 students, Belfry School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Belfry School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American. Compared to Carbon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Belfry School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Carbon County's rate of about 57%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Carbon County put the typical household earns roughly $80,261 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Carbon County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,301 students), of which Belfry School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belfry 7-8, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Belfry School's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 40 (now 29). The White share of enrollment fell from 100% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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