East Valley Middle School

East Valley Middle School is an intermediate school of expansive scale in East Helena, Montana, part of East Helena K-12, teacheing 471 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 139 students per school, that is 239% above typical.

East Helena K-12 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,972 students. East Valley Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, East Valley Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American. By comparison, Lewis and Clark County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Lewis and Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,237 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lewis and Clark County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,786 students), East Valley Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Prickly Pear Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

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