Culbertson Junior High

Culbertson Junior High is a small middle school with an address in Culbertson, Montana. In all, 72 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 48% below the average of about 139 students for middle schools in Montana.

Culbertson Elem oversees Culbertson Junior High and 1 other school, with 196 students in total.

At Culbertson Junior High, 65% of students are White. Smaller groups are 24% Native American and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Roosevelt County is roughly 33% White. The diversity index for Culbertson Junior High is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The school has 5.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 11.3:1 average for middle schools in Montana is 2.4 students per teacher. In all, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 42 points below the 85% average for public schools in Roosevelt County.

Census data for Roosevelt County show median household income comes to about $57,063, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 25% of people live in poverty. There are 22 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,353, Culbertson Junior High among them.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Culbertson School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 other public schools within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Federal counts for Culbertson Junior High: 49 students in 2020-21, 72 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 13.7 in 2024-25.

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