Broadwater School

Broadwater School is a mid-sized elementary school in Helena, Montana, under Helena Elem. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 207 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 24% larger than the 167-student average for elementary schools in Montana.

In Helena Elem, 15 schools enroll a combined 5,100 students.

More than half of the students at Broadwater School are White (79%). The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lewis and Clark County's population at about 91%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Broadwater School scores 36%.

A staff of 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.5:1. It is about the same as the 11.9:1 average for elementary schools in Montana. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 73%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Lewis and Clark County is 35 points.

Lewis and Clark County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,237 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Public schools in Lewis and Clark County number 36, with about 9,786 students.

Among nearby public schools, C R Anderson Middle Schl is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The NCES locale for Broadwater School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment was 207 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 242.

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