Capital High School

As a sprawling high school in Helena, Montana, Capital High School serves 1,293 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Helena H S. Enrollment runs roughly 443% bigger than the state mean of about 238.

Within Helena H S, which oversees 4 schools and 2,373 students, Capital High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Capital High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lewis and Clark County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Capital High School has 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Capital High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lewis and Clark County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lewis and Clark County indicate median household income runs about $78,237, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Lewis and Clark County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,786 students), Capital High School is one campus in the mix.

Four Georgians School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Capital High School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,357 (now 1,293).

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