Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS

Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Chester, Montana, operated by Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS, with 54 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 238 students per school, that is 77% below typical.

Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS sits inside Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Liberty County shows median household income runs about $57,857, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS is one of 7 public schools in Liberty County (combined enrollment of about 249 students).

Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schl is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 51 students in 2018 compared to 54 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 96% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 7.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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