Fort Shaw Elem School

Fort Shaw Elem School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Fort Shaw, Montana, part of Sun River Valley Elem. Current enrollment sits at 88 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 47% leaner than typical.

Sun River Valley Elem comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 154 students; Fort Shaw Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fort Shaw Elem School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 6% Native American, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cascade County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fort Shaw Elem School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cascade County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cascade County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,690, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cascade County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,577 students), Fort Shaw Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cascade Colony School, roughly 4.9 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Fort Shaw Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 109 (now 88). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Fort Shaw Elem School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.