Darby High School

Darby High School is a high school of compact scale in Darby, Montana, part of Darby K-12 Schools, hosting 116 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 238 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Within Darby K-12 Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 334 students, Darby High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Darby High School reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Ravalli County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ravalli County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ravalli County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,283 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ravalli County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,729 students), Darby High School is one campus in the mix.

Darby School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Darby High School.

Darby High School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 104 students in 2018 compared to 116 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 3% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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