Custer High School

Custer High School is an one-room-style high school in Custer, Montana, one of the schools within Custer K-12 Schools. The school enrolls 26 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% smaller than the state mean of about 238.

Within Custer K-12 Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 88 students, Custer High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Custer High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest comes out to 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Yellowstone County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Yellowstone County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,570 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Custer High School is one of 68 public schools in Yellowstone County (combined enrollment of about 23,853 students).

Nearest neighbor: Custer School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Custer High School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Custer High School has rose 37%, going from 19 students in 2018 to 26 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 96% across the same window.

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