Broadus School

Broadus School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Broadus, Montana, operated by Broadus Elem, caters to 129 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Broadus School sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Broadus Elem, which oversees 2 schools and 153 students, Broadus School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Broadus School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Powder River County as a whole.

On the resource side, Broadus School reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Broadus School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Powder River County) shows that median household income runs about $67,045, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Powder River County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 234 students), of which Broadus School is one.

Powder River Co Dist High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 4 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 15%: 112 students in 2018 compared to 129 in 2025.

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