Belt High School

Set in Belt, Montana, Belt High School is a tiny four-year high school, one of the schools within Belt H S. It enrolls 92 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 238 students.

Belt High School sits inside Belt H S, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Belt High School records that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Cascade County's rate of about 54%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cascade County put median household income runs about $67,690, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Cascade County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,577 students), of which Belt High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belt 7-8, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Belt High School.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 75 students in 2018 compared to 92 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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