Bonner 6-8

Bonner 6-8, an intimate intermediate school in Bonner, Montana, operated by Bonner Elem, teaches 100 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 139 students.

Bonner Elem runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 327 students. Bonner 6-8 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bonner 6-8 lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Missoula County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,598 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Missoula County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,099 students), Bonner 6-8 is one campus in the mix.

Bonner School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 88 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 82% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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