Bitterroot Polytech HS

Located at 217 Daly Ave, in Hamilton, Montana, Bitterroot Polytech HS is a minimally staffed high school that teaches 87 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Hamilton K-12 Schools. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 238 students each, so Bitterroot Polytech HS sits 63% below that benchmark.

Hamilton K-12 Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,631 students; Bitterroot Polytech HS is among them.

In terms of who attends, Bitterroot Polytech HS logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Ravalli County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Ravalli County's rate of about 50%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ravalli County indicate median household income runs about $71,283, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Ravalli County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,729 students), Bitterroot Polytech HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bitterroot Polytech 7-8, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Bitterroot Polytech HS.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

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