Cottonwood School

Cottonwood School is an one-room-style K-5 school in Havre, Montana, one of the schools within Cottonwood Elem. The school educates 20 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Cottonwood School sits 88% below that benchmark.

Cottonwood School is one of 2 schools operated by Cottonwood Elem, a district that educates 36 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cottonwood School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%); the rest looks like 10% Native American, 5% Black, 5% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cottonwood School has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Cottonwood School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hill County indicate median household income runs about $52,798, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Cottonwood School is one of 18 public schools in Hill County (combined enrollment of about 2,958 students).

Gildford Colony School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 13.7 miles from this campus.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cottonwood School has increased 5%, going from 19 students in 2018 to 20 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 95% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 6.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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