Columbus Middle School

Columbus Middle School, a reasonably sized middle school in Columbus, Montana, one of the schools within Columbus Elem, teaches 178 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Columbus Middle School sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Columbus Elem comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 456 students; Columbus Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Columbus Middle School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% 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, Stillwater County reports that median household income runs about $84,732, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stillwater County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,336 students), of which Columbus Middle School is one.

Columbus High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 161 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.