Cascade Colony School

Set in Sun River, Montana, Cascade Colony School is a tiny K-5 school, part of Sun River Valley Elem. It works with 11 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Cascade Colony School sits 93% smaller than that benchmark.

Cascade Colony School is one of 3 schools operated by Sun River Valley Elem, a district that serves 154 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cascade Colony School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Cascade Colony School shows 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cascade County) logs that median household income runs about $67,690, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Cascade Colony School is one of 45 public schools in Cascade County (combined enrollment of about 11,577 students).

Fort Shaw Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Cascade Colony School's enrollment has ticked down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 16 (now 11). Class-load math has loosened: from 7.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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