Broadwater High School

Set in Townsend, Montana, Broadwater High School is a small 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Townsend K-12 Schools. It hosts 196 students across grades 9 through 12.

Broadwater High School is one of 3 schools operated by Townsend K-12 Schools, a district that enrolls 733 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Broadwater High School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Broadwater County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Broadwater County shows median household earnings sit near $70,374, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Broadwater County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 733 students), Broadwater High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Townsend 7-8, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Broadwater High School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 196). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 93% to 86%.

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